Beckwith v. Bushfield

On December 26, 1936, J. W. Beckwith was appointed a member of the Unemployment Compensation Commission for a term of six years under the provisions of Chapter 3, Laws of the Special Session of the legislature held in the year 1936 (SDC 17.08). Under Section 10 of this act (SDC 17.0803) is the provision: “The Governor may at any time, after notice and hearing, remove any Commissioner for gross inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office.” Purporting to act under this last provision of the law, the present Governor, Honorable Harlan J. Bushfield, did on…