State ex rel. Edgecomb v. Rosen

The question to he decided in this appeal is whether appellee, a Municipal Court clerk, is entitled to a salary increase during her term of office.

Section 20, Article II of the Ohio Constitution, provides :

“The General Assembly, in cases not provided for in this Constitution, shall fix the term of office and the compensation of all officers; hut no change therein shall affect the salary of any officer during his existing term, unless the office he abolished.”

Two arguments are advanced by appellee in support *117of her claim that, despite the provisions of Section 20, Article II of the…