City of Akron v. Scalera

The single question presented for consideration and decision is the validity of the provisions of the Akron ordinance in so far as they prohibit the sale of beer in that city on Sunday. Akron is a charter city, but in the view this court entertains of the questions presented that fact is immaterial. All municipalities in this state have the power expressly and directly conferred by Section 3, Article XVIII of the state Constitution “to adopt and enforce within their limits such local police, sanitary and other similar regulations, as are not in conflict with general laws.”

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