Decatur License Tax Schedule for Businesses 1945 46
City adopts a comprehensive license tax schedule effective January 1 1946 covering insurers insulation providers and many trades and businesses in Decatur Alabama The ordinance details license amounts per category including insurance fire and marine insurers with rate bases on gross premiums and returns and annual statements due December 31 plus various occupational licenses for retailers wholesalers and service providers with specific per unit or per location fees The measure imposes penalties up to 100 dollar fines and six months hard labor for operating without a license and requires separate licenses for each distinct business activity or article carried by the same firm.