Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. Clark

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

The question is whether the Governor had the right to remove 1 Messrs. Weglein and Smith from membership in The Delaware River Joint Commission, hereafter referred to as the Commission. Respondents, in their an swer, averred that the Governor’s action was authorized by Article VI, section 4 2 of the Constitution: “. . . Appointed officers, other than judges of the courts of record and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may be removed at the pleasure of the power by which they shall have been appointed.” Unless the appellants were the Governor’s appointees,…