§40-12-170. Trading stamps.

Every person who engages in or carries on the business of issuing or selling to merchants trading stamps, or any device or substitute thereof, or any stamps or certificates of like character which are to be given by merchants to purchasers of goods, wares, or merchandise and which said stamps, certificates or devices, or substitutes therefor the person issuing or selling the same agrees to accept in payment for goods, wares, and merchandise kept on hand by himself or another for redemption or for distribution by the person issuing or selling such stamps or certificates, shall pay to the State of Alabama a privilege or license tax of $500 per annum, such funds to go to the State of Alabama exclusively and, in lieu of any and all other county licenses, the sum of $250 to each county, for each place of business, per annum. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any coupon, ticket, certificate, card, or other similar device issued or distributed by a manufacturer or packer which is redeemable for any goods, wares, or merchandise by the manufacturer or packer or its agents or independent contractor acting for redemption.

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §606; Acts 1955, No. 399, p. 938; Acts 1969, No. 1157, p. 2162.)