State ex rel. Abelman v. Douglass

*123By the Court,

Ducker, J.:

In 1921 the legislature passed an act entitled:

“An act to create a county license board, to regulate the issuance and revocation of licenses for billiard halls, dancing halls, bowling alleys, theaters, and soft-drink establishments in unincorporated cities and towns of this state.” Stats. 1921, c. 120.

In the body of the act it is provided that—

Any person wishing to engage in any business mentioned in the title, “outside of an incorporated city or town, shall first make application, by petition to the license board, as provided in section 2 of this act, of the county in…