City of St. Paul v. Colter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This was a prosecution commenced before the city justice of the city of Saint Paul, for the violation of an ordinance in relation to' butchers, passed May 4th, 1865, and published Sept. 9th, 1865, the material portions of which are as follows : “No person shall Keep a butcher’s stall, or vend fresh or butcher’s meat, in less quantities than the quarter, within the limits of the city of Saint Paul, without first having obtained a license for that purpose as hereinafter…
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This was a prosecution commenced before the city justice of the city of Saint Paul, for the violation of an ordinance in relation to' butchers, passed May 4th, 1865, and published Sept. 9th, 1865, the material portions of which are as follows : “No person shall Keep a butcher’s stall, or vend fresh or butcher’s meat, in less quantities than the quarter, within the limits of the city of Saint Paul, without first having obtained a license for that purpose as hereinafter provided. * * * Any person upon paying to the city treasurer the sum of two hundred dollars shall be entitled to, and on…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.-
Berry, J.
Unquestionably the legislature of this State would possess authority under a general power of legislation, as that function is commonly understood and exercised, to establish municipal corporations.. Besides, our Constitution places this matter beyond doubt when it says in Sec. 2 of Art X: “No corporation shall be formed under special acts eoodept for mwrdeipal purposes. ” See Tierney vs. Dodge, 10 Minn. 171. And the object in chartering these municipal bodies, is to confer special privileges and police powers designed to meet the necessities of the case; among these is…
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