Robinson v. Bd. of Supervisors of Sacramento

Citations

• 16 Cal. 208
• 1860 Cal. LEXIS 210

Syllabus

<p>Under the Consolidation Act of 1858, the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of Sacramento have no power to create the office of Assistant Clerk to the Board, nor to raise the salaries fixed in the twenty-fourth section of the act, and their action in creating such office and raising such salaries may be reviewed on certiorari.</p> <p>That act is an enabling statute, creating a Board with special powers and jurisdiction, and the Board has only the power conferred by the act.</p> <p>As to how far and when the proceedings of such Boards are judicial, and hence reviewable on certiorari, and how far and when legislative, and hence not so to be reviewed, discussed.</p>