Mayor of Savannah v. Charlton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Licensing power of Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah. Certiorari from Chatham Superior Court. Decided by Judge Fleming., January Term, 1867. Dr. Thomas J. Charlton, a physician in Savannah, Georgia, was fined by the Mayor $100.00 for practicing without a license.
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Licensing power of Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah. Certiorari from Chatham Superior Court. Decided by Judge Fleming., January Term, 1867. Dr. Thomas J. Charlton, a physician in Savannah, Georgia, was fined by the Mayor $100.00 for practicing without a license. By his petition for certiorari the following facts were set forth : That defendant in error is a practicing physician in the city of Savannah, county of Chatham, Georgia, and was such prior to January 1st, 1863, and entitled to practice, by virtue of a diploma and a license from The Savannah Medical College, incorporated by the General…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
1. By the laws of the State, defendant in error was licensed to practice medicine anywhere in the State. The authorities of the city of' Savannah passed an ordinance which, among other things, ordained that every physician in the city shall be compelled to take out license annually, on the first day of January, or within ten days thereafter, for which he shall pay fifty dollars. On failure to take out such license, such person shall be fined, on conviction, one hundred dollars for each day’s default. If no property of the party can be found out of which to raise said fine money, he is liable…
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