Rivers v. Hailey

Jenkins, Presiding Justice.

The General Assembly (Ga. L. 1925, p. 370) created the office of marshal and four deputy marshals of the civil court of Fulton County, and authorized the commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton County in their discretion to provide for additional deputy marshals to be elected by the judges of the civil court; the act prescribing their duties and providing that their term of office should be four years, and that the salary paid them should not be less than $150 a month. Under this legislative authority, the county commissioners of Fulton County increased the…