Chicago Packing & Provision Co. v. City of Chicago

Citations

• 88 Ill. 221

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal corporation—law of 1872 construed. The general law of 1872, for the incorporation and government of cities, etc., is to be construed as •an independent act, without reference to, or as an amendment of, any particular charter of any city or village. It was intended to apply to all cities which might adopt the same.</p> <p>2. Same—power to license packing houses, etc. The 81st. clause of section 62 of the general law, giving cities and villages the power to direct the location and regulate the management and construction of packing houses, etc., within their limits, and to the distance of one mile beyond, confers the power to license such establishments, as one means of regulating the same. The means of regulating and controlling such houses is left to each particular municipality, so that the method is reasonable and proper.</p> <p>3. The fact that a packing house has been licensed by the town of Lake, where it is located, but within one mile of the corporate limits of the city of Chicago, does not exempt the same from an ordinance of that city requiring it to be licensed by that municipality. The person or corporation using the establishment is liable to be charged a license by both the city and village.</p> <p>4. Same—police powers may extend beyond corporate limits. The legislature may, for police purposes, prescribe the limits of municipal bodies, enlarging or contracting them at pleasure, and give them power to pass ordinances to prevent nuisances, to operate beyond their boundaries.</p>