House v. Brazil

In the November g’eneral election of 1934 the electors of Perry county initiated an act styled, “An act to fix salaries and expenses of county officers and to fix the manner in which such compensations and salaries shall be paid and to reduce the costs of the county and for other purposes.”

Section 4 of the act provides: ‘ ‘ The sheriff as such and as ex-officio tax collector, shall receive as compensation and salary, the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) per year for performing all the duties of said office in lieu of the fees, commissions and other compensations now allowed by-law,…