State v. Williams

The Constitution specifies a salary of $2,000 for the Secretary of State, and the General Assembly in the Acts of 1900, Chapter 449, Sections 131 and 139A, provided that from each fee paid by owners and operators of motor vehicles, one dollar should be retained by the Secretary of State “for his services in issuing the license,” etc.

The plaintiff contends that the allowance of these amounts is an unconstitutional increase of compensation to this officer, and on this point counsel have argued and submitted the broad question whether the General Assembly may add to the compensation of any one…