A. No person as an owner, agent or employee of any opera house, theater building, hall or other permanent enclosure shall permit, give or allow any theatrical performance, opera, minstrel show, concert, show, exhibition or entertainment of any kind or character from which profit or gain is to be derived, or at which an admission fee in money, property or its equivalent is charged, without first obtaining a license therefor, the fee for which shall be three dollars ($3.00) for each single performance, or two dollars ($2.00) for each performance, if two (2) or more performances are given in succession; however, the owner or manager of an opera house, theater building, hall or other permanent enclosure may obtain an annual license therefor, for which he shall pay an annual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), and providing that no theatrical performance, opera, minstrel show, concert or other amusement given or held in such a licensed place shall be required to secure a license.
B. Lectures on scientific, historical, educational or literary subjects shall not come within the provisions of this section and no license shall be required therefor. (Rev. Ord. 1540, Comp. 1941, p. L-4)