People ex rel. Menzies v. Gunst

Citations

• 110 Cal. 447
• 42 P. 963
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 1078

Syllabus

<p>Police Commissioners of San Francisco—Appointment and Removal— Power of Governor.—No term of office of police commissioner was fixed by the act of April 1, 1878, known as the McCoppin act, and no authority was given to the appointing power after making the appointments except to fill vacancies; and the governor cannot appoint a police commissioner in the absence of a vacancy, or create and fill a vacancy by removing an incumbent, and appointing one to succeed him.</p> <p>Id.—Case Affirmed.—The case of People ex rel. Hinton v. Hammond, 66 Cal. 655, affirmed.</p>