Fee

The petitioner sought the writ of mandate in the court below to compel the respondent Fitts as district attorney to reinstate him as a deputy district attorney of Los Angeles County, the respondent Chappel as secretary of the Civil Service Commission of Los Angeles County to certify his name to the pay-roll as a deputy district attorney, and the respondent Payne as auditor of Los Angeles County to issue a warrant for petitioner’s salary covering the period since January 15, 1929. The writ was denied and this is an appeal from the judgment so rendered.

The appellant bases his appeal upon two principal contentions: First, that the board of supervisors is the only body with power to remove an employee of the county in the classified service; second, that he was not served with a legal notice of his removal for the reason that the causes therefor were not stated specifically. There are other incidental arguments which it is unnecessary to mention at this time. The first assertion is based upon petitioner’s construction of the county charter and an ordinance adopted for the purpose of carrying civil service in the county offices into effect. The pertinent provisions of the charter…