Nebraska Supreme Court July 3, 1903, No. 13,259 (In re Anderson)

Pound, C.

Section 50, chapter 12®, Compiled Statutes, 1901 (Annotated Statutes, 7199), governing cities of the metropolitan class, provides, among other things, that the mayor and council may by ordinance regulate and prohibit “the distribution or posting of advertisements or handbills in the street or public grounds, or upon the sidewalks.