Schaffner v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Lester L. Thompson, tludge. Action to mandamus the auditor of state to issue warrants for an alleged unpaid balance owed to two district judges as salaries. Claims for these differences were duly assigned to plaintiff. Decree was entered, as prayed. The auditor of state appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The thirty-seventh general assembly enacted an amendment to Section 253 of the Supplemental Supplement to the Code, 1915, increasing the annual salary of district judges from $3,500 to $4,000. See Chapter 235, Acts of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly. This enactment, approved by the governor on April 12, 1917, was without publication clause. By Chapters 255 and 256 of the Acts of the Thirty-seventh General Assembly, the number of judges in the eleventh and fourteenth judicial districts was increased, one judge in each district, and the governor was authorized to fill by appointment the…
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