Cloud v. Dekalb County

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant under the provisions of the Code, § 23-1401, which provides that the county commissioners, or ordinaries in those coun ties which do not have commissioners, shall have authority to elect or appoint county police. It is provided by § 23-1402 that the county commissioners or ordinaries, shall fix the salaries of the county police, which shall be paid out of the county treasury, and shall have authority to levy a tax to pay such salaries and the expense of the county police. Section 23-1403 provides that the county police, under the direction and…