State ex rel. McReavy v. Burke

Citations

• 8 Wash. 412
• 36 P. 281
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 79

Syllabus

<p>OFFICE AND OFFICERS — STATE CAPITOL COMMISSIONER — POWER OF GOVERNOR TO REMOVE FROM OFFICE.</p> <p>The act of March 21, 1893, in relation to state capítol commissioners, provides that “The commissioners so appointed shall hold office till the completion of said building and the acceptance thereof by the state unless sooner removed for cause by the governor,” and, as such act contains no provision concerning the method of removal, it must be construed in connection with a prior act of the same session (Laws 1893, p. 247), providing- for the removal from office by the governor of all state officers appointed by him who are not liable to impeachment; and, construing these acts together, the legislative intent is plain that the tenure of office of an appointive member of the capítol commission should -be indefinite, and such officer liable to removal without a hearing for misconduct, malfeasance or incompetency, when the governor should be satisfied that any such causes exist.</p>