State Ex Rel. Pike v. City of Bellingham

This is an appeal by the city of Bell-ingham and certain of its officers from a judgment granting a writ of mandamus directing them to issue salary warrants to respondents, members of the police and fire departments of the city.

The city, by ordinance No. 4802, passed in December, 1927, established the salaries to be paid the members of the police and fire departments of the city, effective as of January 1, 1928. In December, 1928, the voters adopted initiative ordinance No. 4941, as follows:

“Section 1. That the salary rates in effect September 1, 1928 of each and every civil service employee…