Wichita County v. Bailey

Wichita County is in the population bracket making applicable the provisions ■of Article 3883i, Secs. 4 and 7, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., providing for the fixing of salaries of county officials, and Article 2350n, Sec. 3a, providing for automobile expense allowance for County Commissioners. Said county does not furnish its County Commissioners automobiles for use in the performance of their duties.

On December 12, 1955, the Commissioners Court set the salary of each Commissioner at $5,625 per year, based upon an original salary of $4,500 plus a twenty-five per cent increase, and set the salaries…