City of Holton v. Tatlock

Citations

• 77 Kan. 376
• 94 P. 204
• 1908 Kan. LEXIS 272

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Cities and City Officers — License Ordinance — Penalty — Statutory Authority. Under a statute authorizing a city to pass ordinances for the levy and collection of license taxes, and to prescribe penalties for the enforcement of such ordinances by inflicting a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each offense, an ordinance imposing a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation, is within the limits of the statutory grant of power.</p>