Nicholson v. Thompson

The question which this case presents is, whe*368ther the office of Master and Wardens of the Port of New Orleans, be determinable at the will of the Governor and Senate, or whether the iucumbents can be removed only by an address of two-thirds of both Houses of the General Assembly, or by impeachment.

The office was created by the act of the Legislative Council of 1805. At that time, the Governor of Louisiana derived his authority from Congress, and that authority was little inferior to that of a Governor-General of a Spanish Province. He appointed to office without control, and without being…