Waters v. City of New York

Plaintiff, at the time of the consolidation, held a classified competitive position, that of bookkeeper, and was, pursuant to the provisions of section 1536 of the Hew York Charter (Laws of 18-97, chap. 378), assigned to, and continued in, the performance of the same duties in the comptroller’s office of the greater city. He had been lawfully appointed, in February, 1895, by the comptroller of the former city of Brooklyn as bookkeeper in said comptroller’s office, and, perforce of the section before cited, being “not subject to removal without cause,” and his position *155not “ vacated- by reason…