Cortés Nieves v. Rivera

Sections 20 and 83, in part, of the Municipal Law (Session Laws of 1928, pp. 334, 350 and 398), provide:

“Section 20. — That should it be impossible to hold any session of the assembly for lack of quorum, the members present may compel the absentees to appear, by a written order to any marshal or chief of police for the arrest and conduction of such absentees to the session hall, save in case of physical disability satisfactorily proven. If notwithstanding the arrest such member insists on absenting himself, his office shall be declared vacant.”

“Section 83. — That on motion of the aggrieved…