Hodges v. Prairie County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court; George M. Chapline, Judge; The county treasurer is entitled to charge 4 per cent, where the amount received does not exceed $1,000 in one year, and 2 per cent, on sums exceeding that amount, to be paid ou^ of the respective funds. Kirby’s Digest, § 3508. He is required to keep a separate account with each road district.
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Appeal from Prairie Circuit Court; George M. Chapline, Judge; The county treasurer is entitled to charge 4 per cent, where the amount received does not exceed $1,000 in one year, and 2 per cent, on sums exceeding that amount, to be paid ou^ of the respective funds. Kirby’s Digest, § 3508. He is required to keep a separate account with each road district. Kirby’s Digest, § 7332. A fair construction of the statute is that each fund for which the treasurer must keep a separate account should’be treated as a separate and distinct fund, in so far as relates to his commission, and that each should…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
This appeal involves the construction -of section 3508, Kirby’s Digest, which is: “The county treasuteF ¡shall be allowed fees as follows: In all cases where the amoUht'feceived does not exceed $1,000 in any one year, four pe'r;centum;-on•'all sums over $1,000, not exceeding two per'centum', 'to‘fee;pkid cut of the respective funds.” This: legislation is pa;rt:í,ó‘f the system providing for compensation fon officers.- ¡Tt is the statute fixing the county treasu-ret’s emolumentes;' aiid iSl'no't"directedf towards any other end-.' N>> ’'-i r\- ,1 ■
It is the duty of the-treasufet-to re'ceive…
2Cited by1 opinion
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