State v. Lovelace

Citations

• 118 Wash. 50
• 203 P. 28
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 941

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (319) — Health Regulations — Ordinance — Powers op City. An ordinance of a city of the third class for the disposal of garbage is a valid exercise of municipal power under Const., art. 11, § 11, giving any city power to make such local sanitary regulations as are not in conflict with general laws, and Rem. Code, § 7671-14, subd. (r) especially authorizing cities of the third class to enact and enforce local, police, sanitary and other regulations.</p> <p>Same (44) — Ordinances—Validity—Franchise. An ordinance providing for entering into a contract with the most satisfactory bidder for the disposal of garbage is not one granting a franchise, since no right or privilege is thereby granted.</p> <p>Same (99) — Health Regulations — Ordinance — Validity — Award op Contract to Bidder. Where an ordinance authorizing the letting of a contract for the disposal of garbage to the highest bidder means to such person as the city council shall deem best qualified and equipped for the performance of the contract who would perform it for the lowest charge to the people served, and where there is ho showing of its being productive of revenue, it cannot be held invalid.</p> <p>■ Same (45) — Ordinance—Validity—Subject and Title. The title of an ordinance reciting that it is one for the letting of an exclusive contract for the disposal of garbage and rubbish and providing certain penalties, is broad enough to cover a section requiring any person disposing of his own garbage at any designated dump to first pay to the city clerk a fee of one dollar and a half for each load.</p> <p>Same (45). The objection that the penalty of an ordinance is not covered by its title cannot be raised by one who is not charged with a violation of the ordinance.</p>