 | Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - Attorneys general's opinions - 1915 - 396 pages
...civil service law. (Barnes v. Mayor of Chicopee, 213 Mass. 1.) In a New York case it was said that — Where an office is created by statute it is wholly...appointment and the compensation may be altered at pleasure. (Connor v. City of New York, 2 Sandford, 355.) While these cases may not be precisely in point, they... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 710 pages
...State, and the writ was denied. (People v. Lippincott, 67 111. 333.) The court affirmed the rule that where an office is created by statute it is wholly within the control of the legislature creating it; that the length of the term of the officer and mode of appointment may be altered at pleasure,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...a grant is made to a municipal corporation 418 ; Conner v. New York, 2 Sandf. 355, and 5 NY 285. " Where an office is created by statute, it is wholly...be even taken away without abolishing the office. Such extreme legislation is not to be deemed probable in any case. But we are now discussing the legislative... | |
 | Robert Dewey Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln Benedict - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 624 pages
...least, are held and exercised for the benefit of the community," and at page 369, the same judge says, "Where an office is created by statute, it is wholly...be even taken away, without abolishing the office." At page 375, the same judge says, "In our opinion, a public officer is an agent, elected or appointed... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 914 pages
...Ark. 139; Alexander v. McKenzie, 2 SC (N. s.) 81. Compare People v. Bull, 46 NY 57; sc 7 Am. Rep. 302. "Where an office is created by statute, it is wholly...be even taken away without abolishing the office. Such extreme legislation is not to be deemed probable in any case. But we are now discussing the legislative... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 904 pages
...139; Alexander v. McKenzie, 2 SC (N. s.) 81. Compare People ». Bull, 46 NY 57; s. ». 7 Am. Rep. 302. "Where an office is created by statute, it is wholly...term, the mode of appointment, and the compensation maybe altered at pleasure, and the latter may be even taken away without abolishing the office. Such... | |
 | Jere Baxter - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 690 pages
...State, and he is so designated in the law creating the office. It was said in '2 Sneed, 369, that " where an office is created by Statute, it is wholly...compensation, may be altered at pleasure, and the latter may even be taken away without abolishing the office." The contracts designed to be protected by §10 of... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 764 pages
...of 1875. The court as organized under that act was wholly the creature of legislative power. " "When an office is created by statute, it is wholly within...be even taken away without abolishing the office." People v. Haskell, 5 Gal., 357; People v. Banvard, 27 id., 470; In re Bulger, 45 id., 553; State ex... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 968 pages
...appointment; therefore they had the power to appoint directly. The law was "the manner" of the appointment. "Where an office is created by statute, it is wholly...compensation may be altered at pleasure, and the latter may even be taken away without abolishing the office. Such extreme legislation is not to be deemed probable... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1172 pages
...officers, one which is created by the Constitution itself, and the other which is created by statute. Where an office Is created by statute, it is wholly within the control of the Legislature creating It But when an office is created by the Constitution, it cannot be enlarged or lessened In... | |
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Where an office is created by statute, it is wholly within the control of the legislature. The term, the mode of appointment, and the compensation may be altered at pleasure, and the latter may be even taken away without abolishing the office. 
