MacDonald v. City of Newark

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Magie, J.

MacDonald, the prosecutor, was, on March 19th, 1891, “elected clerk in the city treasurer’s office” of the city of Newark, by the committee on finance of the common council.

This action of the committee on finance was taken under the authority of section 17 of a supplement to the charter of Newark, approved March 7th, 1873 (Pamph. L., p. 322), which empowers that committee, from time to time, to “ employ such clerical help and assistance in the offices of the comptroller, city treasurer, auditor of accounts and city surveyor, as may be…