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"spirits", "mixed beverages", "beer", and"wine" whenever used in this section shall have the meanings respectively prescribed to them ~y said Act. ~ ~ e. No license shall be issued under this section to any person unless such person shall hold or shall 'secure simultaneously therewith the proper state license required by said "Alcoholic Beverage Control Act," which state license shall be exhibited to the commissioner of the revenue. f. Any license within the scope of this section may be amended to show a change in the place of business within the city. Any such license may be transferred from one person to another, provided the person to whom transferred holds at the sa~e time a similar license from the alcoholic beverage control board. Section 20-58. Amusement Arcades. a. On each amusement arcade where games are played and pictures are shown by means of a coin-ln-the-slot machine, in which may be installed coins of a denomination of not less than five cents ($0.05), there shall be charged a license tax as follQws: One hundred twenty dollars ($120.00) where the machines do not exceed fifty (50) in number, and three hundred dollars ($300.00) where the machines exceed fifty (50) in number. Such license shall not be proratable. b. No license shall be issued for any amusement arcade having less than twenty (20) machines, and the tax paid under this section shall be in lieu of a separate license for each separate machine. c. No license shall be issued for an amusement arcade having more than one room or enclosure. d. The City Manager shall have authority to revoke any license issued under this section upon conviction of violation of any law. Section 20-59. Amusement Parks. a. Any person operating any permanent park for public amusement in the city which shall be open to the public, for the privilege of operating within such park a bowling alley, hobby horse, merryrgo- round, Ferris wheel, old mill, roller coaster, pony or train rides, and other similar amusements, penny or nickel machines for exhibiting pictures, automatic photo machines, bathhouses, boathouses and parking lots shall pay the following license tax: One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and in addition thereto thirty cents ($0.30) per one ?~ hundred dollars ($100.00) of the gross receipts, exclusive of any federal and city admission tax thereon, from all such activities, except the gross receipts from the operation of such boathouses, bathhouses and parking lots. b. When such amusement park has two (2) or less of the above accumulated amusements, such license tax shall be as follows: One hundred fifty dollars ~$150.00), and in addition thereto, thirty cents ($0.30) per one hundred dollars ($I00.00) of the gross receipts therefrom, exclusive of any federal and city admission tax thereon. c. Whenever such amusement within said park is operated by a person other than the operator of such park, such person shall pay