People ex rel. Liberty v. Cooke
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 7th day of August, 1918, directed to Harry M. Cooke, as acting mayor, and others, commanding them to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Clinton all and singular their proceedings had in suspending the relator from office as a civil service patrolman for the period of one year.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The charter of the city of Plattsburgh provides that the common council “ shall choose one of the aldermen to be temporary president, who shall during such official year, be the presiding officer of the common council in the absence of the mayor, and while the mayor is absent from the city or *352unable to perforin his duties said presiding officer shall be acting mayor and have all the powers and duties and be subject to all the obligations and liabilities of the mayor.” (Laws of 1902, chap. 269, § 36, as amd. by Laws of 1914, chap. 341.) Where any charges are made against any…
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