Howland v. City of Chicago

Citations

• 108 Ill. 496
• 1884 Ill. LEXIS 1508

Syllabus

<p>1. License—of livery stables, authorized by constitution. Under the. constitution of 1870 the legislature may tax certain occupations, such as that of keeping a livery stable, or authorize cities and villages to do so, provided it is done by a general law, uniform as to the class upon which it operates. Clauses 42 and 91, of section 1, article 5, of the act relating to cities and villages, confers upon a city council the power to tax ,the keepers of livery stables by a general ordinance, and such law is not unconstitutional.</p> <p>2. Under the statute granting power to incorporated cities to license and tax keepers of livery stables, a city council may prescribe the rule that such licenses shall be paid for in proportion to the number of carriages kept for hire.</p> <p>3. Under an ordinance of a city incorporated under the general law, providing that no person shall hire out, keep or use for hire, for the carrying or conveying of persons within such city, any hackney coach, etc., without a license so to do, and imposing a penalty for a violation thereof, and fixing the license fees to be paid a given sum for each carriage, etc., kept and used for hire, a conviction may be had for a breach of its provisions.</p>