City of Montpelier v. Senter
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, general issue. Trial by court on an agreed statement of facts. Washington County, March Term, 1899. Thompson, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff, proforma and without hearing, for the sum of three hundred dollars. The defendant excepted. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, J.
The defendant was elected mayor of the city at its annual meeting in March, 1898, for the term of one year. *113At that time the city charter prohibited compensation to the mayor and the aldermen for their official services. But by No. 184, Acts of 1898, which took effect November 30 of that year, the charter was amended, among other ways, by striking out the words prohibiting such compensation, and giving the mayor a salary of $300, and each of the aldermen a salary of $150. Shortly before the expiration of their terms of office, the mayor and each of the aldermen were paid the full amount of…
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