Vaughn v. English
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. The respondent was, in January, 1856, appointed clerk in the office of Secretary of State, which position he still holds.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. The respondent was, in January, 1856, appointed clerk in the office of Secretary of State, which position he still holds. At the time of his appointment, his salary was fixed by law at two hundred and seventy dollars per month, which sum he continued to receive up to the thirty-first of March, 1857. In July, 1856, the Comptroller of State, in payment of his salary for the month of April, issued a warrant upon the Treasurer in favor of the respondent, for the sum of two hundred and seventy dollars. This warrant the Treasurer…
1Opinion of the CourtTerry, J.
The sixth section of the act of April, 1856, provides: “ This 'act shall not be held to reduce the salary or pay of any of the incumbents now in office, who shall for their present term receive compensation at the rates now prescribed by law, but shall apply to every such officer hereafter elected or appointed.”
The only question presented by the record is, whether a clerk in one of the departments is an officer within the meaning of this section.
The term officer, in its common acceptation, is sufficiently comprehensive to include all persons in any public station or employment conferred by…
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