McArdle v. Mayor of Jersey City
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On writ of error to the Supreme Court. The legislature at the session of 1901 passed the following act: “1. In all cities of the first class in this state there shall be and hereby is established a board*of excise commissioners to consist of four persons for the terms hereinafter specified, each of whom shall be elected at large in such city as hereinafter provided.
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On writ of error to the Supreme Court. The legislature at the session of 1901 passed the following act: “1. In all cities of the first class in this state there shall be and hereby is established a board*of excise commissioners to consist of four persons for the terms hereinafter specified, each of whom shall be elected at large in such city as hereinafter provided. “2. Within the time provided by law, before the election held next after the passage of this act for the election of municipal officers in any city of the first class, two persons shall be nominated for excise commissioners, one…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, Chief Justice.
The board of aldermen of Jersey City, a city of the first class, passed a resolution May 7th, 1901, to the effect “That the licenses for keeping of inns and taverns and the sale of liquors, to be issued by this board on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, shall be issued for the period of one year from that date, and shall be *595issued only upon the payment of the full amount of one year’s license fee for each license issued.” McArdle, a resident and taxpayer of Jersey City, sued out a certiorari to set aside this…
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- Wanser v. HoosSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1897
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