Mayor of Savannah v. Guerard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mandamus. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. September 3, 1923. W. E. Guerard brought mandamus proceedings against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, alleging, that by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 18, 1919, amending the charter of the City of Savannah, it was made the duty of the defendant to pay the registration clerk in the tax-collector’s office of Chatham County $600 per year, in monthly installments, as…
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Mandamus. Before Judge Meldrim. Chatham superior court. September 3, 1923. W. E. Guerard brought mandamus proceedings against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, alleging, that by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved August 18, 1919, amending the charter of the City of Savannah, it was made the duty of the defendant to pay the registration clerk in the tax-collector’s office of Chatham County $600 per year, in monthly installments, as his compensation for work in connection with the registration of voters and the preparation of voters’ lists for…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. The court properly overruled the ground of demurrer raising the contention that the section of the act approved August 18, 1919, which is quoted above, is unconstitutional in that it violates article 7, section 16, paragraph 1, of the constitution (Civil Code, § 6573), because the payment provided in said act to be made to the registration clerk is a gratuity, for that under the laws of the State of Georgia and particularly under the provisions of sections 4 to 8, inclusive, of the act of the General Assembly approved August 12, 1914 (Georgia Laws 1914,…
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