Moore v. Johnson

The opinion of the co-nrt was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The relator aslcs that his compensation as prosecutor of the pleas in Atlantic county for the year commencing March 17th, 1913, be paid to him upon the basis of a salary of $4,000 per annum.

Since 1908 the compensation of the prosecutor of the pleas of Atlantic county has been fixed by law at $4,000 under the provisions of either of two amendments passed in that year. Pamph. L. 1908, p. 60; Pamph. L. 1908, p. 227.

*41Prior to 1908 the compensation oí ihe prosecutors of the several counties was based solely upon population as shown by the latest…