Painter v. Town of Forest Acres

Taylor, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether or not the hereinafter referred to ordinance of the Town of Forest Acres is a valid exercise of its police power or so unreason able as to be violative of Article 1, Sections 5 and 17 of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and Section 1 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

The ordinance questioned reads as follows :

“An Ordinance to Regulate Business Hours within The Town of Forest Acres, South Carolina.

“Whereas, the zoning ordinance which has been in effect in the Town of Forest Acres for many years…