Ex parte Benjamin

Citations

• 65 Cal. 310
• 4 P. 23
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 535

Syllabus

<p>License Tax—County Govebnhbnt Act. —The effect of the act known as the County Government Act, determined with reference to the validity of an ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors of San Bernardino County, imposing a license tax on the sale of spirituous liquors. The act went into operation on the 14th of May, 1883, and the ordinance was adopted on the 16th of the same month, at’a session of the board commenced on the 7fch of the month, and continued by adjournment from day to day. The ordinance was held to be valid, and it was also held that the Act of the 13th of March, 1883, relating to license taxes, was superseded and repealed by the County Government Act.</p>