[Code 1961 §10-1; CC 1976 §14-2]
The application for such license shall be filed with the City Clerk upon forms provided by him/her. The Clerk shall investigate the propriety of issuing such license and who shall then present such application, together with his/her report and recommendation, to the Mayor, or, in his/her absence or disability, to the acting Mayor, who, when convinced of the propriety of such application, shall issue such license upon payment to the City Clerk of the license fee as hereinafter required; provided however, if there is any question in the mind of the Mayor or in the mind of the City Clerk as to the propriety of issuing such license, the application therefor, together with a full report of the facts, shall be submitted to the City Council, in which event such license shall not be issued until approved by said City Council.