People ex rel. College of New York v. Hylan

This is a motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus. The legislature of 1921 passed an *335act which when signed by the governor became chapter 120 of the Laws of 1921. That act provides that on and after June 1, 1921, the compensation and salaries of the officers of administration and instruction and other employees of any public institution of higher learning, conferring degrees and subject to the provisions of law relative to colleges, shall not be less than the minimum nor more than the maximum provided for in the schedules included therein. It appears, therefore, that the act itself fixed the…