§ 12-19. Fairs, carnivals, circuses.
Every person conducting or carrying on a fair, street fair or attraction or aggregation of attractions, largely composed of games or feats of skill, feats of strength, and motion apparatus, commonly called a carnival or street carnival or any circus, shall pay the sum of $100.00 per day payable in advance; provided, however, that the board of supervisors may, in its discretion and without the payment of a license, grant a permit for such fair, street fair, carnival or circus, for a period not to exceed fifteen days, when a part of the proceeds of the same is to be used for charitable, religious, patriotic, educational or civic purposes.
(Code 1952, § 91)