Fields v. Multnomah County
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Willi am N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a mandamus proceeding by Frank S. Fields against Multnomah County, Oregon, T. J. Cleeton, County Judge, D. V. Hart and W. L. Lightner, County Commissioners of Multnomah County, Oregon, John M. Lewis, County Treasurer, and S. B. Martin, County Auditor, to compel the defendants to audit and pay the salary of plaintiff as county clerk of Multnomah County for the months of July and August, 1911.…
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From Multnomah: Willi am N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Bean. This is a mandamus proceeding by Frank S. Fields against Multnomah County, Oregon, T. J. Cleeton, County Judge, D. V. Hart and W. L. Lightner, County Commissioners of Multnomah County, Oregon, John M. Lewis, County Treasurer, and S. B. Martin, County Auditor, to compel the defendants to audit and pay the salary of plaintiff as county clerk of Multnomah County for the months of July and August, 1911. The plaintiff in his petition alleges, in substance, that he is the duly elected, qualified, and acting county clerk o'f…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
It is the contention of defendants that, under the provisions of Sections 3107, 3116, 3122, 3154, and 3155, L. O. L., the salary fixed by law for the county clerk is in full compensation for his services, and he is required to pay all fees, percentages, commissions, and charges to the county treasurer; that the act of Congress of June 29, 1906, authorizing the clerk of a State court to collect the fees therein provided, and to retain one-half of the fees collected by him in such naturalization proceeding, does not authorize him to appropriate the same to his own use; and that the statute of…
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