State ex rel. Douglas County v. Drexel

This case involves a construction of the act of 1905 amending the statute regulating the fees of ■ county-clerks and other county officers. LaAVS 1905, ch. 72. Since that act has been in force the county clerk of Douglas county has retained fees in excess of $1,500 per annum. A aw i t of mandamus is asked to compel him to pay over the excess to the treasurer for the county. His defense is that under the statute he is entitled to $2,500 per annum, and to have a deputy with a salary of $1,000 per annum. The section as amended provides that the fees of the county judge and county clerk shall be…