McLaughlin v. Ford

Habt, J.,

(after stating the facts). The appeal in this case involves the construction to be given to §§ If and 12 of the acts of 1913, and § 2 of the special Acts of 1913 above referred to.

So much of § 11 as is necessary to a decision of the case reads as follows:

“Section 11. The board of commissioners shall, at the first regular meeting after the election of its members, or as soon as practicable thereafter, appoint by a majority vote a city clerk and attorney or attorneys for the city, a city engineer, chief of police, city physician, chief of fire department and such, other officers and…