State v. . Burbage
Supreme Court of North Carolina
OitiMTNAi, actiON beard on appeal from Beeorder’s Court at August Term, 1916, Superior Court of Beaufort County, before Allen, J., and a jury.
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OitiMTNAi, actiON beard on appeal from Beeorder’s Court at August Term, 1916, Superior Court of Beaufort County, before Allen, J., and a jury. The charge was for violating an ordinance of the town of Batb which' prohibited a dealer from keeping his store or shop open on Sunday for purpose of buying or selling or transacting business except in case of necessity, and also prohibiting the proprietor of a store from allowing third persons, persons other than himself or clerk, from entering his place of business on Sunday; the fine for violation of such ordinance being fixed at $10. The ordinance…
1Opinion of the Court
IIoke, J".,
after stating the case: Chapter 73, Eevisal, sec. 2923, empowers town commissioners to pass ordinances, rules and regulations for the better government of the town, not inconsistent with the provisions of the act and the law of the land, and to enforce such ordinances, etc., by appropriate penalties. In construing this and similar legislation elsewhere, the courts have very generally held that the established municipal authorities may enact such ordinances as are pro-motive of the peace and good order of the town, the limitation being that the regulations may not be unreasonable or…
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