Skinner v. Argentine Township Board

(after stating the facts). Act No. 97, Pub. Acts 1919, providing for the issuing of permits by township boards for conducting dance halls, etc., was declared by this court to be unconstitutional because it provided no method for making application, contained no qualifications for the applicant, provided no standard of fitness, made no provision as to the character of the structure to be used, and conferred “upon township boards the arbitrary power to grant or refuse a license, according to its whim or caprice.” See Devereaux v. Genesee Township Board, 211 Mich. 38.

At the following session of…