Bielecki v. City of Port Arthur

The city of Port Arthur operates under a special charter authorizing it in specific terms-to “license, tax and regulate, or forbid and prevent, dancé houses * * * and suppress and close same, whenever the preservation of order, tranquillity, public safety or good morals may demand, or when necessary, expedient or advisable.” In general terms it authorizes the city “to define what shall be nuisances in the city, * * * and abate such nuisances by summary proceedings, and to punish the authors thereof by penalties, fines, and imprisonment.” Under authority of its charter, the city of Port Arthur…