No person, corporation or association shall operate, conduct, give or maintain in the Borough of South Plainfield in the County of Middlesex any amusement resort, bathing resort, dance hall, theatrical show, exhibition, carnival or circus for money or gain, nor shall any person, corporation or association combine the selling or vending of any article or thing with the operation, conducting, giving or maintaining of any such amusement resort, bathing resort, dance hall, theatrical show, exhibition, carnival or circus, without first obtaining a license therefor from the Council said Borough; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the operating, conducting, giving or maintaining of any such amusement resort, bathing resort, dance hall, theatrical show, exhibition, carnival or circus or the selling of articles or things in connection therewith if the entire proceeds of such enterprise are devoted or to be devoted to charitable or benevolent purposes.
The Council shall have power to grant or withhold such license, and such licenses when granted shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Borough Clerk and shall state the name of the licensee, the purpose for which the license is granted and the date on which the license expires, and such license shall not be effective until the license fee provided in § 141-3 shall have been paid therefor to the Borough Clerk for the use of the Borough.
A. 
The maximum period for which such licenses shall be granted and the license fee to be paid for such licenses shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
Name
Licensing period
Fee
Amusement resorts
1 year
$25
Bathing resorts
1 year
$25
Dance halls
1 day
$5
Theatrical shows
1 year
$25
Exhibitions
1 week
$5
Carnivals
1 week
$200
Circuses
1 day
$200
B. 
All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on the 31st day of December following the issuing thereof; and when a license is issued for an amusement resort, it shall not be necessary for the licensee of such amusement resort, in order to operate a dance hall or bathing resort in connection with such amusement resort, to procure a license to operate such dance hall or such bathing resort.
Each applicant for a license for a circus, carnival or traveling show to be conducted out of doors or under tents must submit proof of compliance with N.J.S.A. 34:15-71 (Employers' Liability Insurance Law).