State, Ex Rel. Mowrer v. Underwood

The contention of the relator is that the department of health of the city of Akron, as it now exists, is a department of the city government, functioning as such under the provisions of the city charter, and is, therefore, required to comply with the charter provisions which place all employees of that department in the classified civil service of the municipality.

The respondents counter with the contention that the department of health is an agency of the state, created by the Hughes Act (108 Ohio Laws, part 1, 236) and the Griswold Act (108 Ohio Laws, part 2, 1085) as amended, and as such…