State v. Stilsing

*518The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mague, J.

By the twenty-fourth section of the charter of' Jersey City (Pamph. L. 1871, p. 1106); the board of aldermen-is authorized to pass ordinances, among other purposes, “ to-license, regulate and prohibit inns, taverns and restaurants,, and the sale and transfer of spirituous,, vinous, malt or other strong or intoxicating liquors.”

Under this authority, an ordinance was passed by the board of aldermen on June 11th, 1889, one section of which, as amended by another ordinance, approved December 31st,, 1889, reads as follows: “ No person, except a…