Board of Commissioners v. Montgomery

By section 12 of the act of the General Assembly *365of August 20, 1923 (Acts 1923, pp. 739, 742), it is provided that “the commissioners” of the City of Manchester “shall select and appoint a city manager within thirty days after their election and qualification, who shall be the administrative head of the municipal government of said city, and who shall be responsible to the commission for the efficient administration of all the departments of said city.” In a petition brought by residents and taxpayers o£ this city, against these commissioners, for mandamus to compel them to perform the above…