People ex rel. Tate v. Dalton

The relator Tates’s assignment was not “ a new appointment or a reappointment.” Greater H. Y. Charter, § 1536. The object of the. veterans’ act section, 127, was. to continue, so far. as practicable, the privilege of sérving during good behavior or as being nonremovable, except for cause, to those veterans only who, being in the service of either of the separate municipalities prior to consolidation, enjoyed a like privilege under the then existing law. The relator was appointed under the Brooklyn charter.' Laws of 1888, chap. 583, tit. 15, §§ 1 and 2, subd. 3. His position is designated as…