Commonwealth v. GEUSS

Opinion by

Dithrich, J.,

This appeal involves the validity of an ordinance of the City of Allentown regulating the use of sound trucks. The ordinance defines a sound truck as “any motor vehicle . . . having mounted thereon, or attached thereto, any sound amplifying equipment.” It is drawn in conformity with the model ordinance, regulating and prohibiting certain uses of sound trucks, adopted by the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, hereinafter referred to as NIMLO (Report No. 123, 1948).

The principal question to be determined is whether the ordinance bears a substantial relation to…