Gormley v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional Law. Tax. Before Judge Harrell. Randolph Superior Court. May Term, 1871. This cause was submitted to the Court below upon the following agreed statement of facts: An order was sued out by Taylor against Gormley, as Ordinary of said county, calling on him to show cause why he should not levy and collect the taxes on the persons and property of the Eleventh District of said State taxable by law, for the payment of the salary of.
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Constitutional Law. Tax. Before Judge Harrell. Randolph Superior Court. May Term, 1871. This cause was submitted to the Court below upon the following agreed statement of facts: An order was sued out by Taylor against Gormley, as Ordinary of said county, calling on him to show cause why he should not levy and collect the taxes on the persons and property of the Eleventh District of said State taxable by law, for the payment of the salary of. Taylor, as District Attorney of said district. Taylor was appointed to said office by the Governor of this State, and commissioned on the 18th of…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. The Constitution, Article 5, section 4, declares that, until the Legislature otherwise provides, there shall be a District Attorney and a District Judge in each senatorial district. It defines their duties, fixes the jurisdiction of the Judge, and prescribes how both of these officers shall be appointed, and the qualifications of each of them. The want of certain necessary details, as to the mode of proceeding, and some provisions for raising the salaries, made it proper that no such officers should be actually appointed until legislative action was taken in the premises. This…
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