Fort Smith v. Scruggs
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court. Styles T. Rowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY TIIE COURT. The city of Fort Smith, a city of the first class, on the 17th day of January, 1901, duly enacted and published an ordinance, the first section of which provides as follows, to-wit: “ That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation of the city of Fort Smith to keep and use any wheeled vehicle, including cart, buggy, carriage, surrey, delivery wagon, or any other…
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Appeal from Sebastian Circuit Court. Styles T. Rowe, Judge. STATEMENT BY TIIE COURT. The city of Fort Smith, a city of the first class, on the 17th day of January, 1901, duly enacted and published an ordinance, the first section of which provides as follows, to-wit: “ That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation of the city of Fort Smith to keep and use any wheeled vehicle, including cart, buggy, carriage, surrey, delivery wagon, or any other vehicle, except bicycles, without first having obtained a license therefor.” The ordinance also designates the amount of…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in a case where a resident of the city of Fort Smith, was prosecuted for keeping and. using a wheeled vehicle in that city without having a license therefor. The question in the case relates to the validity of the city ordinance which imposes a license tax upon residents of the city for the privilege of keeping and using wheeled vehicles upon the streets of the city. Our statute on that subject is as follows, to-wit:
“ Cities of the first class are hereby authorized to require residents of such city to pay a tax…
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