State ex rel. Banks v. McClure
Wisconsin Supreme Court
ArPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: R. D. Mabshall, Circuit Judge. Mandarnos. In October, 1894, the board of supervisors of Douglas county passed a resolution making the office of sheriff of said county a salaried office, under ch. 53, Laws of 1881 (sec. 694a, S. & B. Ann.
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ArPEAL from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: R. D. Mabshall, Circuit Judge. Mandarnos. In October, 1894, the board of supervisors of Douglas county passed a resolution making the office of sheriff of said county a salaried office, under ch. 53, Laws of 1881 (sec. 694a, S. & B. Ann. Stats.). A new sheriff was elected at the annual election on the first Tuesday in November, 1894, and at the regular annual meeting of the board of supervisors held afterwards during the same month the county board refused to fix the salary of the sheriff. Whereupon, while said board was still in…
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The statutes which govern the case are:
R. S. sec. 694: “The county board, at their annual meeting in November, shall fix the amount of salary which shall be received by every county officer, including county judge, who is to be elected in the oounty during the ensuing year, and is entitled to receive a salary payable out of the county treasury, and the salary so fixed shall not be increased or diminished during his term of office.”
Laws of 1881, ch. S3: “ Seo. 1. The county board of supervisors of any county in this state may, by a resolution to be entered on its records, change the method now…
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