State Ex Rel. Reuss v. Giessel

Sec. 26, art. IV, Wisconsin constitution, reads:

“The legislature shall never grant any extra conpensation to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after the services shall have”been rendered or the contract entered into; nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office.”

The act involved must be presumed valid unless its repugnance to this section of the constitution is clear and irreconcilable. This court may not judge the wisdom of the policy sought to be implemented by the enactment.

“And it is equally clear that if the…