Heinlen v. Sullivan
California Supreme Court
' Petition for a writ of mandate, commanding the respond-, ents, as judges of the Superior Court of the city and counity of San Francisco, to appoint a board of police commissioners for the city. .. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the. court.
1Per curiam
Conceding that the terms of office of the police commissioners of . the city and county of San Francisco have expired, the power of appointment does not devolve upon the judges of the Superior Court for the city and county aforesaid.
The power of appointment of the. commissioners referred to vested in the judges of the fifteenth, twelfth, and fourth judicial districts of this State by the Act of April, 1878, was not a judicial power, and did not pertain to the judicial system of the State; consequently it was not continued in force by section 11' of article xxii."of the Constitution now in…
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