People ex rel. Hoffman v. Rupp

It became the duty of the respondents, the board of police of the city of Buffalo, to appoint an assistant sealer of weights and measures for said city. The salary of an assistant is $1,000 a year. The duties of such officer are to test all scales and measures used for the sale or weighing of commodities within the city, and to collect fees therefor, and to report all violations of the ordinances on the subject to the law department of the city for prosecution. While a vacancy existed in that office, the relator, Charles Hoffman, a resident of said city, presented a written application to the…