People Ex Rel. Bier v. Scholz

The chief judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Richard F. Scholz, Jr., the respondent, entered an administrative order on February 7, 1979, which, inter alia, provided for annual salaries of $18,000 for the chief probation officer of Adams County and $15,000 for the superintendent of the Adams County Youth Home, commencing on January 1, 1979. These amounts corresponded to the respective salaries the respondent suggested in a proposed budget submitted to the Adams County Board of Supervisors (the Board) on July 31, 1978, but were in excess of the amounts actually appropriated by…