Ex Parte Nash

The fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, and article I, sections 1 and 8, of the constitution of the State of Nevada, both serve to fix the limits which may not be transcended by valid legislation under the guise of police power. 12 C.J. 929, 931, 932; McQuillin Municipal Corporations (2d ed.), vol. II, pp. 713, 716, 717, 718-720, 721-722, 729.

It has been held that competition between vendors of ordinary merchandise may not be eliminated in furtherance of public welfare. New St. Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 285 U.S. 262, 76 L.Ed. 747.

Also, it has been held that it is beyond…