State ex rel. Stevenson v. Smith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The relator’s term of office was for four years and -until his successor shall have been duly appointed and .qualified. The constitution provides that: “The compensation or fees of no state, county, or municipal- ■ officer, shall be increased during his term of office.” The city charter of St. Louis provides that the salary of no officer shall be changed during the term for which he he is elected or appointed.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The relator’s term of office was for four years and -until his successor shall have been duly appointed and .qualified. The constitution provides that: “The compensation or fees of no state, county, or municipal- ■ officer, shall be increased during his term of office.” The city charter of St. Louis provides that the salary of no officer shall be changed during the term for which he he is elected or appointed. R. S., p. 1587, par. 8. Nor shall it be increased during such term. R. S., p. 1627, sec. 17. “The doctrine now well settled in this state is…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
The relator was duly appointed and ■commissioned assessor and collector of water rates for the city of St. Louis in 1879, for the term of four years expiring on -the third of April, 1883. At the time of his appointment his salary was fixed by ordinance at twenty-four hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly. By ■ordinance, approved March 28, 1883, the salary of the same office was increased to three thousand dollars a year. This ordinance took effect April 8, 1883. A new appointment was not made on April 3, 1883. and relator ■continued to discharge the duties of the office. For the month…
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