Koons v. City of Mount Vernon

Mr. Presiding Justice Barry

delivered the opinion of the court;

Appellee Williams became city attorney for the City • of Mt. Vernon, on May 2, 1921, for a period of two years. A city ordinance provided that-he should be entitled to a salary of $50 per month, fees in each case for the violation of an ordinance equal to one-half of the fine, penalty or forfeiture paid in money, and in addition to said salary and fees he should lie entitled to charge and receive compensation for all services rendered in connection with special assessment and special taxation cases at the rate of one per cent of…