Conard v. State

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

Some preliminary and passing attention should be ac*113corded the question as to whether the pertinent statute is an exercise of the police power of the State, or whether its main purpose is the raising of revenue. While not of primary importance, the question has materiality as touching the question of classification of the subjects of the license and of discrimination, for under the police power, the legislative control is not concerned with the identical rules as in the imposition of taxes. In Yourison v. State, 3 W. W. Harr. (33 Del.) 577, 140 A.…