Jefferson County Fiscal Court. v. Thomas

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Pulton

rAffirming in part and reversing in part.

In 1932 the General Assembly enacted Chapter 147, Acts of 1932, which is now incorporated in Sections 1079, 1083a-l et seq. of the Kentucky Statutes. This Act provided that constables should receive a salary of $200 a month and deputy ■ constables $125 a month, but provided that in no event should the sums paid to said officers exceed the fees paid in on account of services rendered by them. As a practical matter, the Act merely limited the amount which a constable could earn from fees to $2,400 per year and the…