Bynum v. Board of Commissioners

The appellant claims compensation for servicés rendered by him in keeping the jail of Greene county and taking care of the prisoners confined in it during the time he held the office of sheriff. It is admitted by the complaint that the county has paid the sum of sixty cents per day, allowed by law, for the boarding of each prisoner, so that the ■question is whether the sheriff can secure pay for his services, in addition to the amount allowed by law for the boarding of prisoners ? We have no hesitation in declaring that he has .no right to the additional compensation.

The policy of the…