Rath v. City of Bayonne

Pee Cukiam.

The writ brings up an ordinance of September loth, 1931, repealing an ordinance of December, 1927, creating the city office of inspector of buildings; and a resolution of October 6th, 1931, assigning the duties of building inspector to the city surveyor. Prosecutor was building inspector at the time of the repealer, and claims to have been illegally deprived of his office.

The first point made is that the repealer ordinance is invalid as undertaking to contravene chapter 50 of Pamph. L. 1914, providing in substance that inspectors of buildings in second class cities (Bayonne is one)…