People v. McGoldrick

The question presented on this appeal is stated fairly by the corporation counsel, who represents the appellants, as follows: “ The District Attorney of Kings County is empowered by law to adjust, regulate and determine the salaries of twenty assistant district attorneys in his office. Conceding that the appropriation is mandatory and that the City is compelled at the time of the adoption of the budget to appropriate for at least twenty assistants to Mr. Geoghan at the salaries fixed by him, the issues here are (1) whether Mr. Geoghan after filing his departmental estimate for 1938, before…