Legal Opinion
Matter of Bateman v. Mayor, Etc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1928PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPound, J.
The charter of the city of Mount Vernon (L. 1922, ch. 490) follows the second class cities law (Cons. Laws, § 53; L. 1909, ch. 55) in respect to the powers of the Board of Estimate and Contract and the Common Council. The problem is to determine the relative powers of such bodies in the matter of creating positions of city officials and employees and fixing of the salaries and compensation thereof, as applied to the estimate submitted by the Board to the Common Council for the year 1928.
Section 21 of the charter fixes the salaries of the Mayor, Comptroller, City Judge, President of the Common…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of Emerson v. . BuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- Pryor v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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