Appeal of Welch

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This record involves the power of the common pleas to increase the salary of a clerk in the office of the prothonotary of Somerset County from $125 a month, as fixed by the salary board, to $150 as fixed by the court. The county is in the 6th class. Section 5 of the Act of June 29, 1923, P. L. 944, provides:

“The salary board in all counties of the sixth class which shall be composed of the county commissioners and the county treasurer, shall fix and determine annually the number and the salaries to be paid to the clerks and deputies required for the proper discharge of…