Hoff v. City of Ketchikan

ALEXANDER, District Judge.

This appeal is in the nature of a test case to determine the validity of an ordinance of the City of Ketchikan requiring every owner of a motor vehicle which is being operated or driven upon the public streets of the City of Ketchikan to first secure a license for such vehicle, the amount of such license being fixed at eight dollars per annum.

The validity of the ordinance requiring such license is questioned by the appellant for two reasons:

First: That the license fee provided for in said ordinance is, in substance and effect, a revenue measure, and hence invalid as…