Town of Ruston v. Perkins

Citations

• 114 La. 851
• 38 So. 583
• 1905 La. LEXIS 553

Syllabus

<p>GAMING — CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — ORDINANCES.</p> <p>Article 188 of the Constitution, declaring that “gambling is a vice and the Legislature shall pass laws for its suppression,” does not preclude the Legislature from conferring upon the municipalities of the state the power to pass ordinances for the suppression of gambling, and the Legislature has conferred such power upon the municipalities organized under the provisions of Act No. 136, p. 224, of 1898.</p> <p>(Si’llabus by the Court.)</p>