State ex rel. Attorney-General v. Covington

Supreme Court of Ohio · Decided 1876-12-15

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McIlvaine, J. The statute under which the defendants claim to hold and exercise the offices and privileges named in the information provides “ that in all cities of the first class, having at the last federal census a population of two hundred thousand and over, the police powers and duties shall be vested in and exercised by a board of five members, to be appointed by the governor for a term of five years,” etc. <p…

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