City of East St. Louis v. Wider
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon J. Gillespie, Judge presiding. This was a proceeding commenced in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county, for an alleged violation of the following city ordinances: Art. 1. Seo. 1 provides that no person shall engage in, or carry on, any business or calling thereinafter mentioned, without license. Sec. 2 provides that merchants shall pay $10 for each license for one year or five dollars for sis months.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon J. Gillespie, Judge presiding. This was a proceeding commenced in the Circuit Court of St. Clair county, for an alleged violation of the following city ordinances: Art. 1. Seo. 1 provides that no person shall engage in, or carry on, any business or calling thereinafter mentioned, without license. Sec. 2 provides that merchants shall pay $10 for each license for one year or five dollars for sis months. Whoever shall deal in the selling any goods, wares, etc., at any store or place in the city shall be deemed a merchant. Art. 4. Sec. 4.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Breese
There is but one question presented by this record, and that is, was the tender by appellee, to the- city treasurer, of certificates of indebtedness issued by the police commissioners of the city under the act of February 22,1867, a good tender, in payment of a license to sell goods in the city of East St. Louis %
This is to be solved by reference to the ordinances of that city.
Section 1, article 1, of the ordinance in relation to licenses, provides that no person shall engage in any trade or business thereinafter mentioned, without first having obtained a license therefor, in the manner…
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