Each person operating a public tourist camp where transient guests are lodged for pay shall be deemed for the purpose of this section engaged in the business of keeping or operating a tourist camp and shall pay the following license or privilege tax: Each camp containing not over five beds, $15; each camp containing over five and not exceeding 15 beds, $25; each camp containing over 15 beds, $35 and $1 for each additional bed over 15.
Ala. Code § 40-12-168 (1975)