Kinsey v. Sherman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. It is averred in the petition that prior to the first day of April, 1874, plaintiff was duly appoiuted and qualified as clerk of the additional penitentiary of the State of Iowa, at Anamosa; that he has continued to hold said office, to perform all the duties thereof, and to be entitled to all the compensation allowed by law therefor, from that time until the filing of the petition herein; that under the provisions of chapters 61 and ^76 of…
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Court. It is averred in the petition that prior to the first day of April, 1874, plaintiff was duly appoiuted and qualified as clerk of the additional penitentiary of the State of Iowa, at Anamosa; that he has continued to hold said office, to perform all the duties thereof, and to be entitled to all the compensation allowed by law therefor, from that time until the filing of the petition herein; that under the provisions of chapters 61 and ^76 of the private, local and temporary acts of the 15th General Assembly, he is entitled to receive as such clerk, from the…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
i. cleric of peniteu lavy: tíon of!Isa The salary of the clerk of the penitentiary at Fort Madison was fixed at $62.50 per month by section 4783 of' the Code. This continued to be his compensation until the passage of chapter 76 of the private and local laws of the 15th General Assembly. This act was approved March 19,1874, and took effect April 4,1874, and is entitled as follows:
“ An act to provide for the improvement of the penitentiary *465at Fort Madison, Iowa, and to provide for the increased salary of the clerk thereof.”
Section 1 provides, “That there is hereby appropriated out of any money…
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