§40-12-120. Lightning rods.

Each person selling or installing lightning rods who maintains his principal and permanent place of business within this state shall pay a license tax of $7.50 to the state and $2.50 to the county in which the principal place of business is located.

Each person who sells or installs lightning rods, but whose primary business is not the selling or installing of lightning rods or who does not maintain his principal and permanent place of business within this state, shall pay a license tax of $150 to the state and $75 to the first county in which he does business and for each succeeding county in which he does business an additional license tax of $50, to be divided $37.50 to the state and $12.50 to the county.

Each person selling lightning rods in this state shall register with the state fire marshal and furnish his name and address and any other information requested by the fire marshal. Failure to notify the fire marshal of a change of address within 10 days from such change shall constitute a misdemeanor.

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §545; Acts 1971, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 132, p. 213.)