State Ex Rel. DeChant v. Kelser

By the Court.

The first and fundamental question presented in this proceeding is whether relator is entitled to an increase in compensation during his term of office as county commissioner.

His present term as county commissioner began January 1,1937, when Section 3001, General Code (108 Ohio Laws, Pt. 2, 1120), provided that the annual compensation of each county commissioner should be determined by the aggregate of the tax duplicate for real estate and personal property of a county, with certain minimum and maximum limitations. The General Assembly passed an act amending Section 3001, General…