Jones v. Mayor of Morristown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

This writ is brought to set aside an-ordinance passed by the defendant to establish a board of excise commissioners for Morristown, pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled “An act to establish an excise department in cities of this state,” passed April 8th, 1884.

It is claimed that the provisions of the act of 1884 were extended to Morristown by a supplement to said act passed February 24th, 1892 {Pamph. L., p. 29), which provides “that it shall be lawful for the common council or other governing body of any town or city of this…