Floyd v. Commissioners
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari in Putnam Superior Court. Decision by Judge Cone, September, Term 1853. The following is the statement of facts agreed upon by the parties in this case : The Town of Eatonton ivas incorporated by an act of tho Legislature, December 12th, 1809 ; which charter was amended by acts dated 1816, 1819, and January 22d, 1852. By the 3d Section of the last act, the power of granting licenses for tho retail of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of the said Town…
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Certiorari in Putnam Superior Court. Decision by Judge Cone, September, Term 1853. The following is the statement of facts agreed upon by the parties in this case : The Town of Eatonton ivas incorporated by an act of tho Legislature, December 12th, 1809 ; which charter was amended by acts dated 1816, 1819, and January 22d, 1852. By the 3d Section of the last act, the power of granting licenses for tho retail of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of the said Town is vested in the Commissioners thereof, under such regulations as they may prescribe, “ provided that persons to lvhom…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Starnes J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] When by the act of January 22d, 1852, the Legislature granted to the Commissioners of the town of Eatonton the power to issue licenses, for the retail of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of that town, under such regulations as the Commissioners might prescribe; provided that the applicant *356should be required to take the oath required by the general law of the State; full and complete authority was given to the Commissioners, to proscribe any, and whatsoever legal and constitutional regulations they pleased, subject to which, such…
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