Snipes v. Houlihan

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The head-notes in these cases do not require elaboration, and under the authorities cited therein the bills of exceptions must be dismissed.

Counsel for the defendant contends that the legislative enactment under the authority of which the ordinance in question was passed (Ga. L., 1919, p. 605), insofar as it apparently seeks to give to the County Commissioners of Chatham County the power to pass ordinances of a penal character, and enforce the same by fine and imprisonment, is an unlawful delegation of legislative authority and therefore void under the…