§40-12-175. Turpentine and resin stills.

Each person operating a turpentine still or stills for the purpose of distilling or manufacturing spirits of turpentine or resin shall pay an annual privilege tax as follows: On each such still having a capacity of 16 barrels or less, $20; on each still having a capacity of over 16 barrels and not over 20 barrels, $35; on each still having a capacity of over 20 barrels and not over 25 barrels, $45; and on each still having a capacity of 25 barrels or over, $65. Each owner or operator of a turpentine still shall, between October 1 and November 1 of each year, file with the probate judge of each county in which he does business a sworn statement, showing the number of stills operated by him in such county for any period of the preceding year and the capacity of each still operated, and shall pay the license tax required by the foregoing schedule in each county, which license tax shall be based on such previous year's capacity; provided, that no county license tax shall be paid. Any person who makes or files a false statement as to the number of stills operated or as to the capacity of such still or stills shall be guilty of perjury and, on conviction, shall be punished as in other cases of conviction for perjury as provided by law.

(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §612.)