People ex rel. Fulton v. O'Ryan
Supreme Court of Colorado
Mandamus to compel the payment of the salary of a state official. Writ discharged. Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver, Hon. Clarence J. Morley, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
*70Mandamus to compel payment of relator’s salary as secretary of the state board of charities and corrections. The writ was discharged.
The relator was secretary of the state board at the time of the passage of the so-called Civil Service Amendment to the Colorado Constitution, and it is conceded that she is a state officer under its terms, and she has not been removed nor has there been any attempt to remove her. Among the duties of the board, prescribed by the act establishing it, (R. S. 1908, C. XXII), is investigation of penal, charitable and other institutions. The relator performed this…
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