People ex rel. Klokke v. Wright
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Eogees, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto. The information charges that the defendant usurped the office of a commissioner of the board of police, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois.
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Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. John G. Eogees, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto. The information charges that the defendant usurped the office of a commissioner of the board of police, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois. The defendant pleaded to the information that he was rightfully acting as one of the commissioners of the board of police, by virtue of an appointment made by the mayor of the city of Chicago. To this plea two replications were filed: one, that the relator had been duly elected to said office by a vote…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholeield
The first question arising upon this record is, does section one, of the act in force July 1, 1872, commonly known as the “ Mayors’ bill,” include within its purview commissioners of the board of police of the city of Chicago ? That section is as follows:
“ In all cities of this State, all city officers, (whose election by the qualified voters thereof is not provided for by law,) and also all members of boards organized under the charter (or amendments thereto) of any such city, except those appointed by the Governor of the State, shall be appointed by the mayor of the city, by and with the…
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