People ex rel. Fowler v. Brown

Citations

• 83 Ill. 95

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal corporation— legislative control over. Municipal charters are subject to repeal or amendment at the pleasure of the legislative power granting them, and the absolute repeal of a city charter abolishes all offices under it.</p> <p>3. Office—right to, lost by change of chm'ter. Where a city incorporated under a special charter adopts the general law for the incorporation of cities, and becomes organized under such general law, this will determine the tenure of all offices under the special charter, except such as are expressly saved.</p> <p>3. Where a city, after the election of a marshal, adopted the general law and organized under it, and created the office of superintendent of police, and required him to perform the duties of marshal, and filled the latter office by appointment, it was held, that the party elected marshal had no further right to the office.</p>