§ 157-6. Investigation; issuance and duration of license; disposition of fees.

A. 

The City Clerk shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of each application, with due expedition after the filing of the application.

B. 

Issuance of licenses to conduct games of chance. If the City Clerk shall determine that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed to conduct games of chance under this chapter; that the members of the applicant designated in the application to conduct games of chance are bona fide active members of the applicant and are persons of good moral character and have never been convicted of a crime, or, if convicted, have received a pardon or a certificate of good conduct; that such games are to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board and that the proceeds thereof are to be disposed of as provided by this chapter, and if the City Clerk is satisfied that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense whatever will be paid or given to any person holding, operating or conducting or assisting in the holding, operation and conduct of any such games except as in this chapter otherwise provided; and that no prize will be given in excess of the sum or value of $100 in any single game and that the aggregate of all prizes given on one occasion under said license shall not exceed the sum or value of $1,000, he shall issue a license to the applicant for the conduct of games of chance upon payment of a license fee as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees, for each license period.

C. 

Issuance of licenses to authorized games of chance lessors. If the City Clerk shall determine that the applicant seeking to lease a hall or premises for the conduct of games of chance to an authorized organization is duly qualified to be licensed under this chapter; that the applicant satisfies the requirements for an authorized game of chance lessor as defined in § 157-2; that the City Clerk shall find and determine that there is a public need and that public advantage will be served by the issuance of such license; that the applicant has filed its proposed rent for each game of chance occasion; that there is no diversion of the funds of the proposed lessee from the lawful purposes as defined in this chapter; and that such leasing of a hall or premises for the conduct of such games is to be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board, it shall issue a license permitting the applicant to lease said premises for the conduct of such games to the authorized organization or organizations specified in the application during the period therein specified or such shorter period as the City Clerk shall determine, but not to exceed one year, upon payment of a license fee as set forth in Chapter 133, Fees.

Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions).

D. 

On or before the 30th day of each month, the Commissioner of Finance shall transmit to the State Comptroller a sum equal to 50% of all authorized games of chance lessor license fees and the sum of $15 per license period for the conduct of games of chance collected by such Department pursuant to this section during the preceding calendar month.

Editor's Note: Amended during codification (see Ch. 1, General Provisions).

E. 

No license shall be issued under this chapter which shall be effective for a period of more than one year.