People ex rel. O'Loughlin v. Board of Estimate & Apportionment

The time at my disposal will not admit of anything more than a brief statement of my conclusions as to the questions presented by this application and which are discussed in the briefs of the learned counsel for the respective parties. There is no dispute as to the facts.

The office of register of the county of Kings is a constitutional county office (Const., art. X, § 1), and under article XII, section 1 of the Constitution, the legislature may “ regulate and fix the wages or salaries * * * of persons employed by * * * any county * * * of the State. ’ ’

The legislature in the exercise of this…