48 N.Y.S. 740 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1897
By chapter 430 of the Laws of 1895 the trustees of the villages of this State were authorized to appropriate annually a sum not exceeding $500 for the payment to the members of the hoard of health of the village “ a fair and just compensation for their services.” By the 2d section of the act it is provided that: “ The members of such boards of health shall he entitled to receive for the services rendered by them such fair and reasonable compensation as shall be fixed by the board of trustees.” The relator, a member of the board of health of the village of Haverstraw, applied to the hoard of trustees of that village to fix the compensation for his services. This application was made on an affidavit by him, stating the nature and extent of the services rendered. The board of trustees fixed the relator’s compensation at the sum of twenty dollars. The relator thereupon procured a writ of certiorari to ■ review such action.
We think that the action of the board in fixing the relator’s
-The writ should be dismissed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.
All concurred.
Writ dismissed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements.