Carpenter v. People ex rel. Tilford

The legislature, by a special act, approved February 13, 1883, and which went into effect on that day, entitled “An act to reduce the law incorporating the city of Denver and the several acts amendatory thereof into one act, and to revise and amend the same,” among other things created the office of city attorney, and provided that an election should be held in each ward of the city on the first Tuesday of April, 1888, for the election of a mayor, treasurer, auditor, city attorney and other city officers.

The act further provided that the officers to be elected should hold their respective…