Kaufman County v. Gaston

Appellee, J. M. Gaston, was elected county treasurer of Kaufman county in 1918, and re-elected in 1920, serving from December 1, 1918, to January 1, 1923, thereby serving one month more than four years. While he was serving his first two-year term, the following orders were in the minutes of the commissioners’ court of Kaufman county:

“(a) November 23, 1905, it is ordered by the court that the county treasurer be allowed as his compensation for the next year’s commission not to exceed $1,800 per annum.

“(b) November 15, 1910, county treasurer’s fee of office not to exceed $1,200 per annum.

“(c)-F…