To obtain a license or to pay a license tax the person making application therefor shall accompany his application with such statements and affidavits as may now or hereafter be required by law or ordinance; the license collector, as soon thereafter as practicable, shall give to the applicant a statement that, upon the payment of the amount of the license or license tax required by law or ordinance to be paid, a license or tax receipt, as the case may be, will be issued to such applicant. Upon the receipt of said statement, the applicant shall pay to the license collector the amount named in such statement, taking therefor duplicate receipts, one of which shall be by him filed with the city auditor, and the license collector shall thereupon issue the license or license tax receipt to the applicant for the period required by law or the ordinances of such city.