State v. Carter.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT against C. W. Carter and J. E. Jones, beard by Judge O. U. Allen and a jury, at Spring Term, 1901, of tbe Superior Court of Heéteoed County. Erom a verdict of guilty and judgment tbereon, tbe defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClaeK, J.
That tbe Legislature in enacting police regulations may make different provisions for different localities according to tbe supposed wishes or needs of tbe inhabitants thereof, has been uniformly held in this State — many of tbe decisions being collected in State v. Sharp, 125 N. C., at page 632, 74 Am. St. Rep., 663. And this is tbe recognized rule. Cooley Const. Lim. (6th Ed.), 480. Frequently a license tax is exacted for the purpose of regulation, and then tbe same principle applies. 1 Desty Tax, 305; Burroughs Taxation, sec. 11.
Here, however, tbe tax is not of that nature, but for…
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