Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1897 — BICYCLE TAX IS VOID. [ARTICLE]

BICYCLE TAX IS VOID.

Judge Tuley Holds the Chicago Meal" ure to Be Unconstitutional. Judge Tuley has decided the new Chicago city ordinance establishing a vehicle tax .to be void. The ordinance permitted the city to collect $1 a year license from each bicycle owner and for other vehicle* proportionately. The court held that the city had no right to license bicycles, but only an occupation, and could not impose a license upon specific property when not used in business or in an occupation. Counsel for the city took an appeal and the case will be heard in higher court*. The ordinance was passed for the ostensible purpose of raising a permanent *treet repairing fund. The new law aroused much opposition, especially among wheelmen. An injunction suit was brought against the city and the enjoining bill wa* sustained in Judge Tuley’s decision.