City of Spokane v. Macho

Citations

• 51 Wash. 322
• 98 P. 755
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1185

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law — Class Legislation — Police Power — Ordinances — False Representations by Employment Agencies. In an ordinance to regulate and license employment agencies, a section making it a misdemeanor for the keeper of an employment agency to make wilful misrepresentations, or to wilfully deceive any person seeking employment, and take a fee for such employment, is unconstitutional; since it is not general and impartial in its operation, hut operates upon one class to the exclusion of others in respect to a penal act common to all classes of business, and exceeds the reasonable limit of police regulations.</p>