Section 2. The mayor of every city of the first class is hereby authorized to grant tenement-house licenses to those applicants who have complied with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health and Charities pertaining to tenement-houses, and whose buildings fully meet all the requirements of this act. Whenever the mayor refuses to grant a license, he shall forthwith record, in detail, his reasons for such refusal in a proper book, which shall be a public record.
Each license shall clearly specify the name and address of the person authorized to conduct the tenement-house, and, if such person is not the owner, the name and address of the owner, its location, the number of rooms or apartments which may be occupied for tenement purposes, and the date of the expiration of the license. Every license shall expire at the end of the calendar year for which it was issued, or at any time prior thereto if the person to whom it is issued ceases to conduct the said tenement-house: Provided, however, That, should the person to whom the license had been issued die during its term, the license shall, nevertheless, be valid for thirty days from the date of his death, in favor of his legal representative or of the person to whom the tenement-house passes by law, as the case may be.
The mayor shall keep a public record of all the tenement- house licenses issued under the provisions of this act. The original applications shall be preserved for a period of one year, and shall be open to examination by the public.
The mayor shall have the power to revoke any license upon the request of the Department of Public Health and Charities, or upon his own motion if the person to whom the license was granted has violated any of the provisions of this act, or of the rules and regulations of the said Department pertaining to tenement-houses, or has failed at any time within the term of the license to maintain his tenement-house in the condition required by this act or by the rules and regulations of the said Department pertaining to tenement-houses.
Any person whose application for a license has been refused, or whose license has been revoked, shall have the right to appeal, within fifteen days, from the decision of the mayor, to the court of common pleas of the proper county, and such court shall make such order as right and justice may require: Provided, however, That such appeal shall not operate to supersede any decision of the mayor, pending the entry of a final order by said court, unless said appeal is directed to operate as a supersedeas by said court, at a preliminary hearing to be held at the time and in the manner provided by its rules for applications for preliminary injunctions.
The charge for every application for a license shall be two dollars, where the number of rooms in the tenement-house for which it is applied is ten or under, and five dollars in every other case.