148 Iowa 411 | Iowa | 1910
Section 651 of the Code provides that, “in cities of the first class, the council at its first meeting after the biennial election, shall appoint ... a street commissioner.” This, in effect, fixed the term of such officer for two years, for at the end of that time the power of appointment is expressly conferred. Upon the ■resignation of one Hill as street commissioner of the city of Ottumwa, the plaintiff was appointed in his stead October 16, 1905, and continued in the discharge of his ■duties until the first meeting of the council after the biennial election in April, 1907, when, one Henry Arnold was appointed to the position. Subsequently Arnold appears to have been removed by the mayor of the city and Henry Adcock to have succeeded him. Each of these appointees is conceded to have possessed the requisite qualifications under the soldiers’ preference law, the sole issue
Affirmed.