People ex rel. Park Circle Amusement Co. v. Board of Police

Relator, a domestic corporation, asks that the-peremptory writ of mandamus issue out of the court directing the respondent to grant it a theatrical license for the premises situated at the southwest corner of Sixtieth street and Broadway. Sections 1472, 1473 and 1474 of the Greater New York Charter substantially re-enact the provisions of sections 1998, 1999 and 2000 of chapter 410, Laws of 1882, with the exception that the-.powers conferred upon the mayor by the earlier act are now vested in the police department. Section 1999 of the Consoli*90dation Act was construed in People ex rel. Worth v.…