Bexar County v. Tynan

GERMAN, Commissioner.

Prior to April 3, 1933, the various county and precinct officers of Bexar county, Tex., were being paid compensation from fees of office in accordance with the prevailing general laws of the state. On the date mentioned the Legislature passed House Bill 490 (Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 3912b), which became effective immediately. This bill provided that in counties in which the population was as much as 290,000 and less than 310,000, according to the last preceding federal census, the precinct and county officers should retain from fees of office certain named amounts; the…