State ex rel. Starkweather v. Common Council of the City of Superior
Wisconsin Supreme Court
CeRtioeaRI to review proceedings of the common council of the city of Superior. At the April election, 1895, Charles S. Starl&weather, the relator, was elected mayor of the city of Superior, and thereafter duly qualified and entered upon the duties of his office. On the 2d day of July, 1895, Angus McQueen, one of the aldermen of said city, filed with the common council charges of official misconduct against.the relator.
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CeRtioeaRI to review proceedings of the common council of the city of Superior. At the April election, 1895, Charles S. Starl&weather, the relator, was elected mayor of the city of Superior, and thereafter duly qualified and entered upon the duties of his office. On the 2d day of July, 1895, Angus McQueen, one of the aldermen of said city, filed with the common council charges of official misconduct against.the relator. It is only necessary to set forth one of the charges so made, being charge No. 6, upon which the relator was afterwards found guilty and removed from office by the council.…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The relator’s material objections will be taken up in their order, as made.
1. It is said that the charter of the city confers no authority on the council to remove the mayor from office. Sec. 21 of the charter (ch. 124, Laws of 1891) provides as follows: “Every officer elected or appointed to any office, except watchmen, policemen and firemen, may be removed from such office by a vote of three fourths of all the members of *618the common council; but no such officer, except watchmen, policemen and firemen, shall be removed without cause, nor unless charges are preferred against him and an…
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