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- Title: Osborn v. Vil. of River Forest
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 20, 1961
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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This is an appeal by the village of River Forest from a decree of the superior court of Cook County finding a solicitor's ordinance enacted by the village to be in violation of the guarantees of freedom of speech and freedom of the press accorded by both the Federal and State constitutions, insofar as it applies to persons engaged in the business or occupation of soliciting newspaper subscriptions. The trial court has certified that the validity of a municipal ordinance is involved and that the public interest requires a direct appeal to this court. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959, chap. 110, par. 75(1)(c). The ordinance in question, which is aimed at the regulation and licensing of peddlers, solicitors, itinerant vendors and canvassers, defines a solicitor as follows: ""A solicitor is defined as a person engaged in business for profit, going from place to place in the village soliciting subscriptions for books, magazines, newspapers or other periodicals or publications, or selling or offering for sale any commodity or article, when delivery is not made at the time such sale or subscription is made or entered into, or going from place to place in the village offering to furnish services or inviting orders for services.""