State v. Deusting

By section 5, chapter 4, of the charter of the city of Minneapolis, (Sp. Laws, 1881, p. 434,) it is provided that “for the government and good order of the city, for the suppression of vice and intemperance, and for the prevention of crime,” the city council shall have full power and authority to make and enforce all such ordinances “as it shall deem expedient;” “and for these purposes the said city council shall have authority, by such ordinances,— “first, to license and regulate * * * aii persons vending, dealing in, or disposing of spirituous, vinous, fermented, or malt liquors; second, *…