No person, association, or corporation shall conduct, hold, or operate any running or harness race or meet at which pari-mutuel pools are sold without license from the Commission. No pari-mutuel running or harness race shall be held on Sunday between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 1:00 p.m. The Commission shall not issue a license for holding a race meet on Sunday in any town until the town has approved the issuance of said license by majority vote of those present and voting at a duly warned annual or special town meeting. (Added 1959, No. 259, § 4; amended 1967, No. 336 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 23, 1968; 1969, No. 137, § 2, eff. April 23, 1969; 1973, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 3, 1974; 1995, No. 12, § 4, eff. April 5, 1995.)