Southern Ruralist v. Mayor of Carrollton

The Mayor and City Council of Carrollton adopted an ordinance which provided: “It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, their agents or employees, to solicit or take subscription or subscriptions for or sell any newspaper, magazine, or journal, or periodical, or like or similar articles of any kind, or to sell any article or thing and give therewith a prize, or premium, or gift, or anything of value, within the city limits of Carrollton, Georgia, a regular place of business excepted, without first procuring a license from the city clerk to do so, and pay to him the sum of…