Walton, Mayor v. Donnelly
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Frank Mathews, Assigned' Judge, Injunction by J. ,C. Walton, Mayor and Commissioner of Public Affairs of Oklahoma City, against Mike Donnelly, Commissioner of Finance and Accounting or Oklahoma City and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcNEILL, J.
The question for determination in this case is whether the commissioners of Oklahoma City, hy a motion receiving .the vote of four of the commissioners, can transfer the supervision and control of the police department and the city jail from the mayor. Oklahoma City has a commission form of government and is operated under a charter framed and adopted as provided hy section 3-a, art. 18, of the Constitution of the state. The charter provides for the election of five commissioners, who shall serve four years, and said charter assigns certain duties and departments to each commissioner. The…
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