[Code 1961 §12-36; CC 1976 §18-53]
No person shall pursue or practice within the City the vocation, profession or art of fortuneteller, clairvoyant, spirit medium, necromancer, seer, astrologist, palmist, prophet or other like craft or occult art, or art of divination, or pretended art, or telling past events of another's life or others' lives or affairs, or foretelling knowledge of future events of another's life or others' lives or affairs, or in any way revealing things of the past or of the future of a secret or hidden nature, or giving advice or assistance in matters of business or affairs of any kind or nature by means of such art, or purport so to tell, foretell, reveal or give advice or assistance by means of such art; and no person shall so pursue or practice within the City such vocations or professions, or any of them, whether for a price or gratuity or whether by offer or upon request. The maintenance, display, posting or advertising, or the causing to be maintained, displayed, posted or advertised, of any sign, card, bill or announcement of any kind whatever indicating the pursuit or practice of any such vocation, profession or art, or indicating an offer to render service in such pursuit or practice, shall, upon proof thereof, be sufficient evidence against such person so maintaining, displaying, posting or advertising, or causing the same to be done, of a violation of this Section.