Marfisi v. Wilson & Co.

Subdivision 6 of section 17 of chapter 105 of the Laws of 1891, known as the Revised City Charter of Buffalo, unquestionably superseded the general provisions of chapter 339 of the Laws of 1883, regulating the business of pawnbrokers in cities of upwards of 200,000 inhabitants, and gave to the common council the power to license and regulate pawnbrokers, and fix their rates.

The latter chapter has been repealed and re-enacted by the General Business Law (Laws of 1909, chap. 25). But the General Construction Law (Laws of 1909, chap. 27), section 95, provides: “ The provisions of a law repealing…