Carroll v. City of Bayonne

Pee Ctjeiam.

The city of Bayonne has a commission form of government, operating under the so- termed “Walsh act.” On May 11th, 1923, some of the prosecutors were appointed as firemen and others as policemen, by resolutions passed by the board of commissioners. The appointments were made by the board four days before the expiration of its legal existence, which terminted on the 15th day of May, 1923, at twelve o’clock, noon.

The incoming board of commissioners soon after its organization, on the date last mentioned, rescinded the resolution by which the prosecutors were appointed. The policemen…