Gauthier v. Rice

The petitioner is an honorably discharged soldier receiving a pension of sixty dollars per month from the United States government for disability sustained during the late war, viz., a disease of the heart. And while still so afflicted he made application to the State Civil Service Commission to be examined for the position of game protector in St. Lawrence county.

The Commission by rule had adopted a requirement for the office of game protector that “ applicants must be not less than five feet, nine inches in height, without shoes; ” and notice of that requirement was given to all applicants,…