Jones v. Opelika, 316 U.S. 584

A city ordinance which requires that licenses be procured and that taxes reasonable in amount be paid, for the conduct of various businesses within the municipality, including the business of selling books and pamphlets on the streets or from house to house, and which is general and non-discriminatory in its incidences, does not infringe the liberties of free speech, free press or free exercise of 25 Cf. Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. v. Humes, 115 U. S. 512; Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Beckwith, 129 U. 8. 26; Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. v. Anderson, 233 U. 8. 325.