State v. Judge of the Circuit Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

The principal question in these cases is as to the constitutionality of an act passed at the last session of our legislature, entitled “ An act to regulate the sale of intoxicating and brewed liquors.”

The law consists of two 2'>arts. The first part establishes a minimum license fee for the several townships, towns, boroughs and cities of the state, graduated according to population, and is called the “ high license law.”

The second part of the law provides for a vote in each county on the application of one-tenth of the legal voters, to…