Creager v. Hooper

The petitioner, Noble H. Creager, claims to have been duly appointed to the office of City Collector, and asks that a writ of mandamus may issue requiring the respondent, the Mayor of Baltimore City, to administer to him as such collector the oath of office prescribed by ordinance for municipal officers.

The City Code, Art. 50, Sec. 31, provides for the biennial appointment of a City Collector “as other city officers are appointed.” There is no general ordinance, or statute, providing any specific mode for the appointment of city officers. Under the ordinances as codified in the Code 1893 some…