Dehay v. County Commissioners
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Claim by A. H. DeHay, county superintendent of education, ag-ainst County Commissioners of Berkeley County. The order of Circuit Court reversing action of commissioners is as follows: “By an act of the General Assembly, entitled ‘An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to regulate the fees and duties of the county officers of Berkeley County,’ approved January 5, 1895, it was provided that ‘the county officers of.
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Claim by A. H. DeHay, county superintendent of education, ag-ainst County Commissioners of Berkeley County. The order of Circuit Court reversing action of commissioners is as follows: “By an act of the General Assembly, entitled ‘An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled an act to regulate the fees and duties of the county officers of Berkeley County,’ approved January 5, 1895, it was provided that ‘the county officers of. Berkeley County shall receive * * * annual salaries as follows, to wit: * * * The school commissioner, four hundred dollars.’ This act was amended in 1898 by reducing…
1Opinion of the Court
May 11, 1903. The first opinion was delivered by The question raised in this appeal is: what was the salary of the county superintendent of education for Berkeley County, in this State, in the year 1901? The appellant insists that it is the sum of $400 perannum. The basis upon which the respondent rests his case is that the act passed by the General Assembly of this State, approved on the 5th January, 1895, 21 Stat., 985, gave to the officer known as the school commissioner of Berkeley County an annual salary of four hundred dollars; that the Constitution of the State ordained by the people…
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