New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York, Respondents v. Charles C. Pinckney, James W. Booth, Martin B. Brown and Philip…
June 5, 186532 N.Y. 377
Summary
The Court held that the 1865 act creating a Metropolitan Fire District and appointing fire commissioners is constitutional and valid, because the commissioners are not officers of an existing local office under the 1846 Constitution and the offices created are new, allowing the legislature to direct their appointment.