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.
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.