Village of Delhi v. Story

The only question raised in the. above case is whether or not the ordinance, adopted on February 20-, 1907, by the village of Delhi, whereby said village exacted a license fee of $25 for each wagon hauling sand, fire-clay, .safes, engines, boilers or logs, and for other wagons of a similar character, a fee of $10, is reasonable.

The object of a license fee is to reimburse a municipality for the cost of issuing the same and the expense of police supervision, and the right to license and regulate confers no taxing power. Cincinnati v. Bryson, 15th Ohio, 625.

Any discrimination in an ordinance…