Bowlby v. Mayor of Dover

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This certiorari was issued to set aside a resolution of the council of the city of Dover, passed February 14th, 1898, removing the prosecutor from the office of chief of police of the city, to which he had been appointed under “An act authorizing any town, township or borough, or part thereof, containing a population exceeding five thousand inhabitants, to incorporate as a city, after a vote of the people, and providing for the government and powers of such city,” approved March 22d, 1895.

It appears that, in pursuance of this act, the…