 | 1924 - 1208 pages
...Ohio St. 33. loc. cit. 37, 29 NE 593. A public office le defined to be — The "right, authority, nnd duty, created and conferred by law, by which for a...be exercised by him for the benefit of the public." The individual who .is invested with the authority and is required to - perform the duties 1я « public... | |
 | 1905 - 1312 pages
...office. Mechem on Public Officers, § 1, states that: "A public office. is the right and authority duly created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law or enduring at Ше pleasure of the creating power, an ludlridual is Invested with some portion of the functions of... | |
 | Floyd Russell Mechem - 1890 - 904 pages
...Officer de Jure. 26. Officer d» Facto. § 1. Public Office and Officer defined. — A public office is the right, authority and duty, created and conferred...of the government, to be exercised by him for the beneiit of the public.1 The individual so invested is a public officer.* i An office, saysBiACKSTONE,... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1915 - 754 pages
...is a public office and who is a public officer? Mechem, Pub. Off. and Off. says: "A public office is the right, authority and duty, created and conferred...or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power, &n individual is invested with some portion of the sovereign functions of the government, to be exercised... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1911 - 776 pages
...Off. & Off., Sec. 1, defines a public office and a public; officer in these words: "A public office is the right, authority and duty, created and conferred...by which for a given period, either fixed by law or enCuyahoga County. during at the pleasure of the creating power, an individual is invested with some... | |
 | William John Tossell - 1905 - 892 pages
...and duty created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law, or ending at the pleasure of the creating power, an individual is invested with some part of the sovereign functions of the government to be exercised by him for the benefit of the public.... | |
 | 1898 - 890 pages
...books where they are collected. " A public office is the right authority and duty created and confessed by law, by which for a given period, either fixed...be exercised by him for the benefit of the public. The individual so invested is a public officer " (c). Such an office differs from an employment, which... | |
 | 1900 - 1240 pages
..."office" is defined rby Mr. Mechem, in his work on Public Officers (section 1), thus: ''Public office is the right, -authority, and duty created and conferred...¡law, by which, for a given period, either fixed t>y law, or enduring at the pleasure of the -creating power, an individual is invested with -some portion... | |
 | 1900 - 1288 pages
...first and second sections of his treatise on Public Officers, defines a public office as one in which an individual is invested with some portion of the sovereign functions of the government. He cites the remark of Chief Justice Marshall in US v. Maurice, 2 Brock. 96, Fed. Cas. No. 15,747:... | |
 | Philippines - 1987 - 284 pages
...affirm. We hold that the term of office of the petitioner expired on March 31, 1962. A public office is the right, authority, and duty created and conferred by law, by which for & given period, either fixed by law or enduring at the pleasure Of the creating power, an individual... | |
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A public office is the right, authority and duty, created and conferred by law, by which for a given period, either fixed by law or enduring at the pleasure of the creating power, an individual is invested with some portion of the sovereign functions... 
