No person, firm or corporation shall maintain, operate or permit to be maintained or operated, in, upon or about any premises under his or its control, which premises are open to the public, any mechanical musical instrument, unless a license and registration therefor shall have been first obtained from the Director of Public Safety. "Premises which are open to the public," or similar words as used in this chapter, include clubs, private clubs, headquarters and meeting places of fraternal and other societies, associations and bodies, and all other public places.