No person, firm, corporation or association shall keep or maintain within
the limits of the City of Hudson any public billiard room, poolroom or bowling
alley or any room in which the game of billiards, pool or bowling is carried
on and for the playing of which any compensation, direct or indirect, shall
be demanded, without first having procured a license therefor from the Chief
of Police.
A.Â
Any person or firm desiring to conduct or maintain any
public billiard room, poolroom or bowling alley shall first obtain a license
therefor. Such license shall expire on the first day of May succeeding the
issuing thereof and the license fee therefor shall be as established by the
Common Council for the following:
B.Â
No license fee shall be prorated for a period less than
six months.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this article
shall be guilty of a violation punishable as follows: by imprisonment for
a term not exceeding 15 days or by a fine not exceeding $250, or by both such
fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions
of this article shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a
separate and distinct offense hereunder. The provisions of this article shall
not apply to any private club or organization the privileges of which shall
be enjoyed only by the regular members thereof who pay for such privileges
any stated sum.