Matter of Rosenthal v. McGoldrick

The question whether, under the Constitution, the Legislature may confer upon an administrative board or officer plenary authority to fix the compensation of its employees, or to fix other expenses incurred in carrying on public work has been authoritatively decided by this court many years ago. Authority so conferred is not a legislative power to appropriate. The Legislature, exercising the control which, under the_Constitution, it retains over the moneys of the State and of the cities of the State, merely adds “ one more mandatory appropriation to the list ” of such appropriations. It…