El Paso County v. Shelden

Elroy. C. .Shelden, as County Clerk and Recorder of El Paso County, during the years 1909, 1910 ánd 1911, issued a total number of 2,737 hunting and fishing licenses, at one dollar éaeh, and under statutory provisions authorizing it, kept twenty-five cents for each license, or a total of $684.25, in addition to his regular salary. The sum of $223, representing the fees so collected for 1909, he paid into the general fund of the county, under protest; but the sum so collected, amounting to $461.25, for the years 1910 and 1911, he retained.

The case was submitted for decision upon an agreed…