State ex rel. Funke v. Board of Commissioners

This is an action in mandamus to compel the payment of the salary of the county engineer of Pierce county in accordance with the statute as found in the Session Laws of 1907, at page 351. The officer was elected and qualified and was, at the time said statute became a law, discharging the duties of his office for the term for which he was elected. Prior to the law of 1907 the same office was designated as that of the “county surveyor,” but in the new statute the designation was changed to that of “county engineer.” The compensation provided by law for the county surveyor, prior to the law of…