Kent County Ex Rel. Board of Supervisors v. Reed

Act No. 379, Local Acts 1891, is entitled:

“An act to provide for the compensation and to prescribe the duties of certain officers of the county of Kent.”

In it the salary of the register of deeds is fixed at $2,500 per annum. He had theretofore been entitled to the fees fixed by statute. Act No. 333, Pub. Acts 1919 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1922, § 2514 [1, 2]), reads as follows:

“An act to provide for the fixing of the salaries of all county officials, their assistants, deputies and clerks by the board of supervisors in those counties where said county officials, their assistants, deputies and clerks…