Chandler v. City of Elgin

There are but two questions involved in this appeal, the first one of which may be stated as follows: Where the charter of a municipal corporation provides a method of fixing the salaries of its officers, is it possible to fix them in any other manner? If so, is the officer, by accepting the salary so fixed, precluded from questioning the procedure? We will dispose of this question before stating the other.

Section 6 of Article YI of the charter of the City of Elgin provides:

“The council shall, by ordinance, fix the compensation and fees of all officers entitled thereto under this act.”

If the…