State ex rel. Ward v. Romero
New Mexico Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Sau Miguel County. STATEMENT OF FACTS. Charles W. G. Ward, was and is the district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of New Mexico.
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Appeal from District Court, Sau Miguel County. STATEMENT OF FACTS. Charles W. G. Ward, was and is the district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of New Mexico. For the purpose of procuring a judicial determination of the question as to whether Sec. 7, Chap. 22 of the laws of New Mexico, of 1909, providing for the payment to the district attorney of fees in certain cases, was abrogated by the constitution of the State of New Mexico, the relator and appellee procured the allowance by the board of county commissioners of San Miguel County, of a fee, for services rendered.…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
ROBERTS, C. J.
The question involved in this appeal arises as the result of the transition of our form of government from territorial to state. Under Chapter 22, S. L. 1909, provision is made for the payment to the various district attorneys of the territory, of fees, as compensation for their services, in addition to an annual salary of $500 per annum paid by the Territory. Section 24. of Article 6, of the constitution of the State, is as follows:
“There shall be a district attorney for each judicial ■district, who shall be learned in the law and who shall have been a…
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