Sarakatsannis ex rel. City of Newport v. Baker

PALMORE, Judge.

On May 25, 1970, during the term of office for which the appellee Joseph S. Rolf (now deceased) had been elected as judge of the Newport Police Court, the legislative body of that city, purporting to act under authority of the 1970 amendment to KRS 26.150 (c. 272, Acts of 1970, eff. March 30, 1970), enacted an ordinance fixing his compensation at $12,600 per annum. Theretofore, under an ordinance in effect at the time his term of office commenced, his compensation had been $7200 per an-num. After a majority of the members of the city legislative body and the fiscal officers of…