Crafton v. Bratcher

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

The fiscal court of Muhlenberg County, in anticipation of the legislation considered in Smith v. Harlan County Fiscal Court, Ky., 329 S.W.2d 61, by order adopted on December 14, 1957, authorized the members of the court “to receive such compensation as is allowed by the State of Kentucky at its next legislative session in Frankfort, Kentucky, commencing in January, 1958.” A subsequent order on April 5, 1958, provided that “the court will go on record as drawing $200.00 a month salary by reason of Senate Bill 229, to become effective on July 1, 1958, if it applies to…