City of Bloomington v. Bourland
Decision Date | 11 May 1891 |
Citation | 27 N.E. 692,137 Ill. 534 |
Parties | CITY OF BLOOMINGTON v. BOURLAND. |
Court | Illinois Supreme Court |
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Appeal from circuit court, McLean county.
Sain Welty, for appellant.
J. E. Pollock and A. J. Barr, for appellee.
This was an action for a penalty for violating a city ordinance. The case was commenced before a police magistrate, and on appeal from the judgment rendered by him to the circuit court of McLean county the following were agreed to be the facts:
The charter of the city of Bloomington confers power upon the common council ‘to license, tax, and regulate auctioneers, merchants, retailers, grocers, sample sellers, taverns, hawkers, peddlers,’ etc.; and the following ordinances were adopted by the common council pursuant thereto: ‘Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Bloomington: Section 1. That chapter 26, entitled ‘Peddlers,’ of the Revised Ordinances of the city of Bloomington, be and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: ‘ Sec. 8. Any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any failure by any person to comply with this chapter, shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than three dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense.’'
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