Añeses v. Executive Council
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wole
delivered tlie opinion of the court.
Sections 12 and 13 of Act No. 63 of the year 1919, Session Laws, pages 354 et seq., so far as pertinent, provide as follows:
Section 12. — That an Irrigation Commission is hereby created to consist of five persons twb of whom shall be appointed by and bold their office at tbe pleasure of tbe Governor of Porto Rico; tbe other three members of said commission shall be elected by tbe property owiners of tbe irrigable lands lying within the irrigation district, two of whom shall be residents ’of said district, and they shall hold their offices until the…
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