People ex rel. Caldwell v. Board of Supervisors
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari issued, out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 24th day of December, 1898, directed to The Board of Supervisors of the County of Saratoga, requiring it to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Saratoga all and singular the proceedings had in auditing certain bills of the relator.' In the return to the writ made by the defendants, they have included as a part of their return the joint affidavit of the members of the committee of the…
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Certiorari issued, out of the Supreme Court and attested on the 24th day of December, 1898, directed to The Board of Supervisors of the County of Saratoga, requiring it to certify and return to the office of the clerk of the county of Saratoga all and singular the proceedings had in auditing certain bills of the relator.' In the return to the writ made by the defendants, they have included as a part of their return the joint affidavit of the members of the committee of the board of supervisors to whom the accounts of the relator were referred for .examination. The relator is the sheriff of…
1Opinion of the Court
Herrick, J.:
It is customary for boards of supervisors, and bodies of like character, to divide their .membership into committees, to whom is given the special charge of the various matters brought before them for examination, and who report to the full board. These committees are the hands and eyes of the board itself. It would be utterly impossible for each and every member to make a special examination for himself of all the matters that are brought before the board, and ©f each item in bills presented to it. It is not only the customary way, but .it is a legal way of discharging their…
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