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Show tiik iiusihijoi nr iitrrAiLlNO Liquona miybenirulatcd III various way. To rtgulnlo h to control, mtrlcl and direct. Te reirulale the liquor tralllc according to the purpcre for which the power was Rraoted would bo to ro KOTern It that It will bo attended with Kood order an I ao far at may bo cm .latent with the happlne. aud welfare of the trcqlo In tno community 4n which li li conducted. In Chlcairo l'kg , etc. vn. City of Chicago, SS III. 131, tho cum! MM: "We are t learly of the opinion that the power to acquire a llcenae la one of the ineana of regulating tun pxitcIhi or pursuit of llihliulnr". Thero It, no doubt, a greit varlet of other im-nn that might be adopted to aoroiiipllah II.. i puria. lajt iheaenuinlrlpallllea are not reatrlclod m to the mini they employ to rigulate the builnwa. In thevarloutlllistritlonaor llie menu. lug of the word regulate, we find among ollum To uinct, to rule, lo COVcrn, to coudiict. A- tho language lauecl In refcrrfKu tn the (xiwer cf A illy or village g .vernnietit, wo .up. an It wa. Iiik ntin I tu imnn that audi laallti might nite or gourn IhU chir actcror bunca ' ThegLiienl roleli, tluit pul.llo cor-imratlon. cor-imratlon. and olllMalanrarrqiilrcil tn ilowliatlheynraautliorltedtodo,wlicn ucli ixrform men would t beneficial to mi Individual or lo the imbllc. Upon the miliject of utrinATiri: Akii DiscninioNAitY luurru), Judge ulllon aaya. "It la oflon material ma-terial lo ditermliie whrthtr a duty lm-poied lm-poied by law or iharler iim muul-cll muul-cll corioratlou. or public crflcira la Impenthe or discretionary. Thla la alwaya a iiuratlon of lelalallre Intention In-tention and therefore of conttrurtlon. The general teat to ascertain thla In-tendon In-tendon I roKiuuilod In lliucasea are of doubtful value, lUch cae, weremt,muatbelarirly decided on ItaownclrcuiniUiHTa nud the legla. lallvo Intent gathereil from Ihu whole act, .No iioalllvr, Inflexible or Hire, oti insl rule can I si laldilowu. (Tint Dillon' Municipal Corroratlona, Hec. 11. 4th lM.i ' ' It la apinrent from the act uaW conaideratlon that theliiUinllon of llA leglalatura In ojnfcrrl nit oil the Council tho uwer bi regulate the aile or II tuor waa lo enable that liody to I niti-ct aocltty tnim the evllf attending 1L The bt-ueflt ol the dealer waa not the chief end. Therefore the duty of the Council with reepect lu him muat ileud largely on the good of the neighborhood. It fillnw. that It la the duly ai well an the right or the Council, to ute all reasonable meant lo give audi protection aa the public w.lfar demandi. Wo are of tho opinion that the Council lu the regulation or the builueta hat a wldu Uiacretlou. but II la not ailillrary discretion. dis-cretion. Under the lower to regnltle, Ihebuslnea. may not Ire mhlblted. The authority la delegated to the conn-cllnien conn-cllnien as rrasonaolo man an I with the i-ctallon that thty will employ ro. onahla inratia. Toentruatlhe privilege or telling or Intoxicating bquort to perMuiwhoae anteoeileiita, baullaanl characttraare audi a to Inspire conlldence In them aud warrant the Iwllcf that they would not violate the law by soiling to minora, min-ora, habitual drunkarda or Intoxicated Gnuna and would bollkelytoconduct ilr bualneaa In ollur rwia-cta with and the peace aud liapplneaa of aocKly would apir to tie within that ill. cretlon luclu le-J In the right to regulate. regu-late. The exercise of a rtuaonat le Ola. cntlon aa to the local!! lea In which the bualneaa thall he i arrltslou would an-liear an-liear lo lie within the power lo regulate. regu-late. A aaloon along tide of a Kliuil-houte Kliuil-houte or a church would lap very un leasable. le-asable. And to i-slal.ll.il onealongtldo ofain-in'aliomt) would be regarded at very oljeitlonallo. To authorli the retailing cfllquora In the midst of the liemre of the jwople would be liAldy wrong. Neighborhood Infected wltli liquor aalooua are not tultabloconi muullle lor boy and girl, to grow up In. Aud to allmltatlouoftueiium Iwr of place for retail! ug Intoxicating hquora lu arlty would l-o a reasonable ri-gulallon, lvcusellio council may tssauthorlredto llceuau liquor teller, It ilas a not follow that they must lliTiiaeall who may apply. The power delegated to the leglalallre depart inenlauf munlchst! governmenta are usually exi rclsed by ordinance. The muuril granla the llcentn by a ob; lu that way the swer I uprismsl. hen the ap llcallou It made It would aj.iiear to Is, A RUITAIILK 1DIR lu I.IQl-Mir an dw 1 1 ua to whether the applicant Itntullatil.uunio le entrusted with too tiuslmat. And aato the deter-mla.it deter-mla.it lun of tho 'aceaudaa tow livtlur luoro llrense tlnuld l granti-.!, kemral tests might In established by nnlluancn by wiihli to dettrmliiu the rhni.a of tukuiia bi be enttustetl with Urn husloitt or aelllug liquor nud ordliianrni n adopted dtelgiiatlng locxIlUesIu which llie ImaliiiM may be coiiducteilniid limiting the immUr, ll.it we are not I renl ti tay Hut tho hualuisd may not ) regulate.1 In u.h resst, without ordinance. q charter confera the joaer to reguUte thetr.inio un the illy without ix-preaily ix-preaily nsiulrlllg It tn lie exercised he ordluanre. Hut It Is .aid thai the councilman may net from mero whlnii, u rice, jwrllallty or prejudice unliaalhengulatlotila ly orJIiiame, The court thoiilj auum that nubile nfllcera will act from j.nqM r motives until the contrary appear. It la als.i rlUmntllitt the court must prisuino that the lounill acted arbitrarily or without turtlclciit rxasona appearing Uou li riwnl. Thu court will not assume Hut the council refuted the Ih-entn AmiiTiiAiin.Y anii Mirnoirr ihukin w Ithout eomu proof. Jlelng i.i.l.llo ofll. tcrinnduollng under the tunctloii of auoaili.lliooourt will a.tumu that tlur nitedUwfully uutll tlio coulrury ai ara. ' ' Wu have U-eti refi rred lo a.drclalon of thu Huprume Court of the Unlicd HutM Involving the alldlly of an or-lllnaucuof or-lllnaucuof the illy of Hill Fnuileco In which IhlalaiiKutgol found! "Tho mloof tucli llquori In thla ar hai Iherofore been at all tlmisi, by , ouita of t-tury Hlale, oouiljurod ua the proisir aul Jut of ItirUiallv. rcgula. tloii. .Not only mty a llceu bu.x ai ted from the It u r of the uloon S fure a glut of hit hquora can l dltlioaeil of, lit re.ulilloiw may U, I," lawlulotuutiusraiur of iraou to whom, mid theliouranf tin! d, and Ihedasaofthe wwkouwlilcli jhon-ooni jhon-ooni i mty be opened. 'I heir .alu In that form may bo abaoluitly prohlMt-eii.ltlaaquelloni.f,uhIlaexidlciiey prohlMt-eii.ltlaaquelloni.f,uhIlaexidlciiey und lubllt monillty. flu re la no lu htrint right In a iltlteuto thus tell luloxltnllug liquor, byrrlall; It la not a pllvllege of n lltlien of thu KUta or uf a clUxen or the Uiiltel Hlatrt. Ai It la a laialmsw attended with ttanger lo the community it may, in alnajy mid, be entirely rrohll.lttal, or bo permltlid under tuch condition ns will limit to tho utmost lu evil. Tho manner and extent ol regulation rest In the discretion or the governing authority. Tint authority may vest In audi officer a It may deem proper tho )wer of slng upon arpllcnlloha for tarinlnlnii to carry It nn to Issue license; for that purpose." Ianier'a C.ioratlro l'ulillshlng Comisim, Jleceniber, 1WJ, i 80 01. Tim caau of htate ex rel. Illgcr ti. Holt Co, .19 Mo. Ml, in an application for a writ of mandalo to coinrtl tho tnutity court lo Iraue a llccntc. Tho stitutn j r.irld.il that If tho court ah a II Iwof llinorlnloiitliat the arpllcantlt ii isnon of good diameter, Tin, cot.Hr m unm A ut,j5Bi; iTn n . .lo.ii hh. Tbla fact waa admitted, Tlio r.i,l. cation wm male lu cnnformlty wltli thuriqulleinint. In all ritpectaof the tututo governing license. And the county cbiin refused to grant the license, tho court lidding that althou5li a irty nppiy,,g fr nuram shop llceiiM may ihuw hlnwlf to;Hnn IthequalinratlornrnpiUlle for the Issuing of a license, uultr the atalute, tlio counly court may ttlll, in theoirrclraof Ua discretion, rcfiiwl to grant audi license. Miller vt. Ccmmlwlonert, 89 K. C li:, npillcs.tloii for niandamua, Ilio ttatuto Involved in tho case provided pro-vided that the apt llcant iiilglit obtain n llceuao from the county cvmmlailoti-era cvmmlailoti-era to retail liquor iiinu proving ti urwl moral character. Thu court held that tuch commissioners weru not bound tu "".V? ."? II'"can!, tliMigh he be qualified by proof of good moral char-nctt char-nctt r; that they had a limited legal discretion and In pasting upon an l-pllcatlon l-pllcatlon they have a right to take Into consldt ration the qumtloli whether Hie tlemanda of tho siLllo rtsUlrnan.ln-cnasB rtsUlrnan.ln-cnasB of audi aci-onimoilatlont and whether the place (iroisoscd to eslabllsh nlar-roomatwoull la tultable one. IVithetamoeflcitlaAltornei-Uciieral. tu-., vs. the Juitlcc-aof OullJfjrd t'o-loly, 0 IJ s 01 I'cllllon of Wallace O. Itudcnburcli, rJcbl indocker v. Marshall it 1,72 Id., two; ' Toult' aprral, 00 Id , STO; The tUtuU-e providing for llcansea couatrueil In thuav casta tinier In some retpceta from the Utah ttatute; but Tiin rmscii I ii i.aui taiw.sr m Tnru IAlu: fcivir,AU i.xAmcT to the North Carolina cases. Parker i;.irtland, ol Michigan, 3.19, was a pellthnfor raandainui to cooiikI lh botrd of tmstrea of the village uf Tort-1 Ian I to appruTe a liquor Imud. Die Inner 10 regulate Hie buslnes. had not I been granted by the legliUture to the board, riiolr ilmplo duly waa lo determine deter-mine the autll lency of the bond; the tllscretlenonlyixtendedlo that uuly. The court held that a mandamuatu co.11.1tl a vllU loan! to appruse a liquor iondwlll U denied U there I llilhlog to show that the lefusal to 0. rove It waacalcloua,or lo rebut the I reaumptluu that tho board la I fairly pissed upon all the questions which determine the aufllclouty of the loud aud thu reliability of the sun tie., l'atteuva. Village of Homer. fiO, Mich I. gauD.audAmplrreCltyorKalamatoo are also malldauiua case. Inrnlvlit, . a..tl0 pr ,,. mrnh.tAw.aa lim last case. In' ratleu a. Village of Jlomer, tho court held that the viilagu council In approving the bond had the aame discretion, and no mora than It lsssstasH.il by other person railed on lu aiij rove sureties. We do not regard the Michigan casta a aualagoua lo Uie onu In hand. The plalntlfl alto reltea upon Kanone vt. Mound City, 103 III.., A3J. riio ciiurl hell that the village council under the lower to ngulalo the liquor traillo might refuse lo llcenau i-orsona of tuch hit.lt Had character aa rcu-ilert-d them unlit to bo licensed, and lo limit the number of dmm.hon keeiwra, but held that the discretion thoiild bo oxerclseet by onllnauee In order to avoid favoritism aud mouooly. From thla opinion three of the tevtn Judgcadlsacntcd, After a careful conslderntlon of the tlatutt, thnordluancvaand Hie cue cited, wo hold that THE UCIKMU.NT l-OTOEMIa TIIK 11IW 111 to license, regulate aud lax the liquor liuilueui, and that In the usu or such auUiorlty It may exi rclso a reaaonatle illacretlou In determining who are tulUblu lersoua to intrust the bualma lo; lhelaer where It may be cou-duilcd, cou-duilcd, andlhenumUr of ihxns, it will Issue. And thai the Council may ixerclse thai discretion when the api.ll. citiofl la ni tdo wlien It baa not done so by ordinance before. And Hut Hie court will nut assume that Hie Council at led arbitrarily or Irom any iniproi.tr mitive without tome evldenco lo luat t lli-ct. '1 ho writ of mindamu It denied. Concurred lu by lllackburu, J.; Anderson, An-derson, J, ' .Miner, J reserves the right to baud dot n at jatrato opinion. |