City of Lake Charles v. Roy

Citations

• 115 La. 940
• 40 So. 362
• 1906 La. LEXIS 440

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal Corporations — Charter-Amendment.</p> <p>Under Act No. 136, p. 224, of 1898, relative to the creation and government of municipal corporations, the city of Lake Charles, having then a population exceeding 2,500 inhabitants, was authorized to amend its charter in the mode prescribed by section 43 (page 243) of said act.</p> <p>2. Statutes — Constitutional Law — City Charters — Special Acts.</p> <p>Article 48 of the Constitution of 1898, in prohibiting the amendment by local or special laws of the charters of municipal corporations, with the exception of those having a population of not less than 2,500 inhabitants, did not abridge the power of the General Assembly to enact general laws affecting the charters of the class of municipal corporations excepted.</p> <p>3. Municipal Corporations — Ordinances— Gambling.</p> <p>It was competent for the General Assembly to confer upon municipal corporations the power to pass ordinances for the suppression of gambling games of all kinds, including those like “poker,” not specially penalized by the statutes of the state. Ruston v. Perkins, 114 La. 851, 38 South. 583, reaffirmed.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>