Nolan v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J.:

The main question in this case is whether a county attorney is entitled to receive the fee of twenty-five dollars for each count upon which a defendant shall be convicted in cases under' the prohibitory law, as provided in section 10 of chapter 149, Laws of 1885 (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 2475), or whether it must be accounted for under the provisions of section 14 of chapter 141, Laws of 1899 (Gen. Stat. 1901, §3036).

By section 1 of chapter 141, Laws of 1899 (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 3023 ), it is provided :

“The officers and persons herein mentioned…