Helena v. Miller
Supreme Court of Arkansas
■Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. In construing the validity of municipal ordinances, a count will not consider the purpose the council had in view in its passage. 109 S. W. Rep. 526; 1 Dillon on Mun. Corp. (2 ■Ed.) 363. 2. Municipal corporations have authority to regulate hotels and make a reasonable charge for such regulation.
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■Appeal from Phillips Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. In construing the validity of municipal ordinances, a count will not consider the purpose the council had in view in its passage. 109 S. W. Rep. 526; 1 Dillon on Mun. Corp. (2 ■Ed.) 363. 2. Municipal corporations have authority to regulate hotels and make a reasonable charge for such regulation. Kirby’s Digest, § 5454; 41 Ark. 485; 53 Id. 342. 3. Unless the ordinance on its face appears to be unreasonable, or its unreasonableness is established by competent evidence, the court should presume it reasonable. 52 Ark. 301; 72 Id.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, J.
This appeal brings in question the validity of an ordinance of the city of Helena entitled “An ordinance for the Regulation of Hotels, Boarding Houses and Rivery Stables,” which makes it unlawful to engage in business of the kinds named without first having obtained a license so to do, and fixed the license fees at $25 for hotel keepers, $15 for boardinghouse keepers, and $20 for livery stable keepers. Only the validity of that part of the ordinance fixing the license fee of hotel keepers is involved in this case. It is contended that the ordinance is void for the reason that the fee is so…
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