People ex rel. Stepski v. Harford

This writ of habeas corpus originally returnable in the County Court has been transferred to the Supreme Court informally and a ruling requested as to the constitutionality of section 7-14.4 of the Plumbing Code of City of Newburgh, which provides that only licensed plumbers will be permitted to alter, repair or make connections to any part of the plumbing system. No other question has been considered or is decided. The Plumbing Code is not an ordinance adopted by the city council but a code adopted by the board of health and the board of plumbers and plumbing under the authority of article 4…