State ex rel. Port of Seattle v. Wardall
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered February 13, 1919, granting a writ of mandate to compel the issuance of salary warrants to the commissioners of the port of Seattle.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The legislature of the state of Washington, at its biennial session of 1911, provided for the formation of municipal corporations called port districts. Laws of 1911 p. 412; Rem. Code, § 8165-1 et seq. The act defined with much minuteness the powers and duties of such corporations, and provided that its powers should be exercised through a port commission consisting of three members, who, after the first election, should hold office for a term of three years. Section 5 of the act provided that such commissioners should “serve without compensation. ’ ’
Pursuant to the provisions of the act, a…
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