State ex rel. Attorney General v. McDowell

Citations

• 111 Miss. 596
• 71 So. 867

Syllabus

<p>1. Health. Factory inspector. Term of office. Removal. Statutes.</p> <p>Under Code 1906, section 3456, providing that the term of office of • all officers not otherwise provided by law shall be four years and until their successor shall be duly qualified, a state factory inspector appointed under Laws 1914, chapter 163, which provides for such appointment, fixes his salary and prescribes his duties but does not fix his term of office, holds his office for a term of four years.</p> <p>2. Health. Factory inspector. Removal.</p> <p>A state factory inspector is a public officer, and the authority conferred on the board of health by statutes to remove him for cause, can be exercised only upon charges, notice and an opportunity to be heard and such cause must be a good cause, and not a. mere arbitrary exercise of the authority thus conferred.</p>