Any person, firm, or corporation operating or maintaining one or more so-called pinball machines, or like coin-operated devices, excepting music boxes, are hereby required to obtain a "master license" therefor, the fee for which shall be $250.00 annually, payable on the first day of each fourth month of the calendar year; further providing, that said "master license" fee shall not be prorated for less than any three-month period; and further, in addition to the aforesaid "master license" said person, firm, or corporation, operating or maintaining one or more such machines shall pay to the city recorder a license fee of $2.50 for each such game or device operated during any month or a fraction thereof, payable in advance on or before the first day of each month or upon the date such game or device may be placed in operation; further providing, that the games or devices licensed under the provisions of this chapter shall be played or operated for amusement only; and it shall be unlawful for the owner, licensee, proprietor, or operator of the place where such device may be located to redeem in cash any slug or token used in playing such machine, or to give the player thereof any article of value for exchange for slugs or tokens or on account of playing such game or device.
(Ord. 626 § 3, 1952)