Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-01 | Page 27 | City Auctioneer Law before Court

CITY AUCTIONEER LAW BEFORE COURT Whether a a recent ordInance passed by the board of city com corn commissioners missioners governing the tho license fees fecs to be paid by and auction houses housel Is i valid Is Isa i Is a ques ques- question ques- ques question tion Lion to be bo decided by District Judge James N Kimball Following arguments Saturday by counsel Judge Kimball took the lie he matter und under r advisement but did not say when hen he would an- an announce an announce flounce his decision The validity of the ordinance nas is attacked during the past c k In a suit tiled lied In court by byBell bySell byBell Sell Bell Griffin auctioneers They ged that the new ordinance unreasonable and discriminatory discriminatory atory and asked the district court to decide whether r It can be he en- en en enforced forced David J 3 WIlson Ogden at- at attorney at attorney torney appeared for the auction auction- auctioneers auctioneer eera eer City Attorney A W IV Agee appeared for the city and defend defend- defended defended ed the provisions of the ordinance ordinance ordinance nance The rho auctioneers set let forth that they are obliged to pay a heavy license fee feo while merchants who sell goods by other methods are not licensed d They said Mid they they- had hadnot hadnot hadnot not procured a license under the new ordinance and thus were not hot permitted to sell goods although a member of the tho firm had a li- li license li II license cense under a former ordinance Each provision of the new or- or ordinance ordinance or ordinance was read and ar argued In Incourt incourt Incourt court Saturday before the case was vas finally submitted to the Judge 00