Singleton v. Eureka County
Nevada Supreme Court
Arrear from District Court, Eureka county; Hon. A. L. Fitzgerald, District -Judge. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Arrear from District Court, Eureka county; Hon. A. L. Fitzgerald, District -Judge. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Section 4 of the act under which respondent claims reads as follows: “The board of county commissioners of said Eureka county may appoint one night watchman for the town of Eureka; provided, the amount allowed or paid therefor, in any one year, shall not exceed the sum of $900.” (Stats. 1869, p. 80.) Two years'later said section was amended, and again on March 4,1898, which is the present law, and reads as follows: “ The sheriff of Eureka county is hereby…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Murphy, C. J.:
The only question argued before this court, and the one -relied upon by the appellant in the district court, to defeat the right of the respondent to recover the money alleged to be due him, is that the act of the legislature under which the respondent received the appointment and performed the services is unconstitutional.
The act thus challenged reads as follows: “The sheriff of Eureka county is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint one night watchman at a salary of $75 per month, said salary to be allowed and paid in the same manner as the salaries of other…
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