State ex rel. Childs v. Copeland
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Quo warranto on the relation of Henry W. Childs, attorney general, and Richard L. Gorman and others, as members of the board of public works of the city of St. Paul, requiring respondent to show by what warrant he assumed to act as commissioner of public works of said city.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
Laws 1895, c. 228, is an act general in form, entitled “An act to provide for departments of public works and the making of public improvements in cities of over one hundred thousand inhabitants.” It provides that such department shall consist of three branches: (1) an engineering department; (2) a commissioner of public works; and (3) a board of park commissioners. It provides that the head of the engineering department, or city engineer, shall be appointed by the mayor on the second Tuesday in June each even-numberéd year, shall hold his office for two years, and shall appoint his…
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