State ex rel. Elwood v. Lovering
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pacific county, Wright, J., entered September 10, 1913, dimissing mandamus proceedings to secure the issuance of a salary warrant, after a trial upon an agreed statement of facts.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
It is provided in § 10, art. 4 of the state constitution that “In incorporated cities or towns having *625more than five thousand inhabitants, the justices of the peace shall receive such salary as may be provided by law, and shall receive no fees for their own use.” The legislature has provided that there shall be one justice of the peace in cities having a population of more than five thousand, and has fixed the salary at $1,200 per annum. Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 6532, 6535 (P. C. 287 §§ 37, 39).
Relator, with another, was elected a justice of the peace in the city of Raymond at the regular…
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