Municipal Corporation Cases Annotated (Volume 9); A Collection of All Cases Affecting Municipal Corporations Decided by the Courts of Last Resort in T

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1902 Excerpt: ... City of New Orleans v. Vidalat Cross References. In regard to the constitutionality of meat inspection laws, see note appended to City of New Orleans v. Lozes, 2 Mun. Corp. Cas. 263. Upon the general subject of municipal control and regulation of markets, including the power to prohibit sales elsewhere, see notes appended to City of New Orleans v. Kientz, 3 Mun. Corp. Cas. 341, and City of New Orleans v. Paber, 5 Mun. Corp. Cas. 413. C1ty Of New Orleans V. V1dalat. (Supreme Court of Louisiana, March 5, /g0/.) 29 So. Rep. 533. Markets!--Public and Private--Ordinance--Validity. The ordinance of the New Orleans city council, No. 312, N. C. S., adopted under the authority of Act No. 34 of 1900, in prohibiting private markets within 3,200 feet of the public markets, violates none of the provisions of the state or federal constitutions which are here invoked. Same--Food Ordinance--Validity--Police Power. It is within the police power and legislative discretion of the city of New Orleans, under said act of the general assembly, to require certain food commodities to be sold only in the public markets; and the fact that the ordinance in question may have the effect of compelling dealers in such commodities to go into the public markets, or else to go out of business, does not affect the validity of the ordinance. Same--Power of City to Authorize Private Persons to Build and Collect Revenues. It is competent for the city, under existing law, to authorize persons to build markets, and to collect the revenues thereof for a fixed period, in consideration of their conveying the property to the city; such markets to be under the control of the city, and to be in all respects governed by the regulationsapplicable to other public markets. (Syllabus by the Court.) Appeal fr...