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(a) Every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, refining, purchasing, or receiving for sale ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) a year to each county in which he, she, or it engages in business.
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(b) Every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of purchasing for resale distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury shall pay a license tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) a year to each county in which he, she, or it engages in business.
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(c) The license tax provided for in this chapter is for the privilege of engaging in the businesses set out in the provisions of this chapter and entitles the licensee to a permit to carry on the business or occupation.