Any person desiring to open, establish, operate, maintain or control such a store or theatre in this Commonwealth, shall apply to the department for a license so to do before the first day of June of each year, except as otherwise provided in section three hereof as to the first license. The application for license shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the department, and shall set forth the name of the person desiring such license, the name and location of the store or theatre for which the license is desired, and such other information as the department may require. Each such application shall be accompanied by the proper license tax as hereinafter prescribed in this act, and, upon receiving the prescribed fee, the department shall issue said license.
72 P.S. § 3420-4