Briscoe v. Clark County
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; the Hon. Cha unce Y L. Higbee, presiding Justice, and Hon. O. L. Davis and Hon. Lyman Lacey, Justices;—on appeal from the Circuit Court of Clark county, the Hon. O. L. Davis, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
Section 9 of article 10 of our present constitution relates to compensation of county officers in Cook county.
Section 10 says: “The county board, except as provided in section 9 of this article, shall fix the compensation of all county officers; with the amount of their necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel, and other expenses, and in all cases where fees are provided for, said compensation shall be paid only out of, and shall in no instance exceed, the fees actually collected. * * * Provided, that the compensation of no officer shall be increased or diminished during his term of office. All…
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