City of Waukesha v. Stathas

On this appeal defendant’s principal contentions are:

1. That, as section 1 of the city ordinance in question adopts by general reference “the provisions of chapter 176 of the Wisconsin statutes . . . and also all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors, ... . so far as applicable,” without further specification or exception, such section is wholly void as an attempt on the part of the city to enact a series of crimes.

2. That the inclusion in such ordinance of a broad severa-bility clause does not permit a court to sever from the lan…