State Ex Rel. Kinney v. Chapman

As determined by the last (1940) Federal census, Benton county is classified as a county of the fifth class (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 4200-la [P. C. § 1567-11]). The statute (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 4200-5a [P. C. § 1567-16]) which fixes the salary of the sheriff for counties of the fifth class at two thousand dollars per annum, or $166.66 monthly, provides that no deputy “shall receive larger compensation than provided- for the officer employing him.” The sheriff employed relator as a deputy sheriff at an agreed salary of $2,700 per annum, or $225 monthly, or $7.25 daily. Relator worked…