Dodd v. State

This was a suit on the official "bond of Dodd, Auditor of State.

The breaches alleged were, that he receiyed certain fees, emoluments, perquisites, salaries and gratuities, as such Am ditór, which he failed to pay into the State Treasury.

The answer was, that there was no law making it his duty to pay said fees, &c., into the said Treasury.

There was a demurrer sustained to the answer, and overruled to the complaint, each of which rulings, perhaps, fkirly presents the question which we are asked to determine, namely, whether the act of March 5, 1859, “relative to the salaries of public officers,…