People v. Robson

Both the relator and the defendant claim the office of county superintendent of highways of Oswego county. The position is concededly in the competitive class of the classified civil service. The relator was appointed superintendent of highways by resolution of the board of supervisors on the 13th day of *690March, 1929. He duly qualified by taking and filing his oath and filing his bond. The term of office of superintendent of highways is four years and begins on the date of his appointment, no other time being fixed by the statute. (People ex rel. Smith v. Kenyon, 241 App. Div. 177; affd., 265…