§ 26-96. Required; exceptions.

It shall be unlawful to operate an amusement center unless and until the amusement center shall first have been licensed for such purposes, except that this shall not apply to the following:

(1)

Amusement centers kept in private residences or apartments and used without charge by members of the family or bona fide guests.

(2)

Amusement centers provided on the premises of religious, charitable, educational or fraternal organizations for the use of members or their guests and not for private profit, although a charge is made for playing.

(3)

Amusement centers provided on the premises of bona fide clubs or social organizations, not operated for private profit although a charge is made for playing, which provide other membership privileges and activities usual in bona fide private clubs organized for the promotion of some common object and whose members must be passed upon and elected as individuals, by a committee or board made of members of the club, and its affairs and management shall be conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting.

(Code 1968, § 7½-7)