State ex rel. Belt v. Kizer

Citations

• 14 Wash. 185
• 44 P. 156
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 334

Syllabus

<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.</p> <p>The appointment of a chief of police is not vested in a hoard of police by a provision in the charter authorizing such hoard to appoint the “ officers and men ” of the police department upon their own motion, when such office is created by charter, and a general power is conferred upon the mayor to appoint all charter officers whose election or appointment is not otherwise provided for.</p>