State ex rel. Gouge v. Burrow

This is a petition filed by E. Gouge against T. J. Burrow, recorder of the city of Bristol, in the chancery court of Sullivan county, for a mxmdamus to compel thé de*378fendant to issue a license authorizing him to engage in tbe business of a retail dealer in liquors, wines, beer, and ale in tbe corporate limits of that city. Tbe decision of tbe case involves tbe constitutionality of chapter 17, p, 81, of tbe Acts of 1907, passed February 1, 1907, and approved February 8, 1907, popularly known as tbe “Pendleton Law.”

Tbe ground of tbe attack upon tbe validity of tbe act is that tbe enacting clause…