People ex rel. Gullett v. McCullough

This cause has been submitted for decision on demurrer to an amended petition for a writ of mandamus filed originally in this court, upon leave granted, for the purpose of testing the validity of the amendment , to the State Civil Service law, approved on June io, 1911, (Laws of 1911, p. 222,) as applied to certain employees. The three petitioners are, respectively, the assistant chief clerk, the chief corporation clerk and the book-keeper in the office of the Secretary of State, and the prayer of the petition is that the Auditor of Public Accounts be directed to issue to the petitioners,…