Newport v. Young

Hast, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). We do not think the license fee of $50 for each restaurant or Aviener stand is so large and so out of proportion .to any lawful pui’pose to which it could be applied in the use of the police poAver that it must be declared, as a matter of laAv, unreasonable and illegal. Tn Fort Smith v. Gunter, 106 Ark. 371, 154 S. W. 181, it Avas held that a charge ¡by the city of $25 per year, $15 for six months and $3 for one month as a license fee on restaurants, was not an unreasonable charge. In the very nature of things there might be a necessity for closer…