People ex rel. Waterman v. Freeman
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.
By section 2292 of the Political Code, it is provided as follows: “The state library is under the control of a board of trustees, consisting of five members elected by the legislature in joint convention assembled, and holding their offices for the term of four years.”
Under and in pursuance of this provision of the code, the legislature in joint convention elected the respondent a member of said board of trustees, and he thereupon assumed, and has since exercised, the duties of the office.
The relator, holding that the above-quoted provision of the Political Code is unconstitutional in so far…
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