Wilson v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

In 1899 a general fee-and-salary act was passed which provided (Laws 1899, ch. 141, § 8; see Gen. Stat. 1909, § 8663), that clerks of the district court should charge and collect certain fees for their services; that if in any case the fees charged should amount to less than $500 a year, the county commissioners should allow a sum which in addition to the fees should not exceed $500, or, in counties of less than 2000 population, $350; that the clerks should retain all fees collected up to an amount dependent upon the popula*423tion, and one-half…