Legal Opinion · Dissent

Howard, County Treas. v. Stafford, County Judge

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 9, 1942No. 4-6706Published

1DissentSmith, J.

It may have been unwise, if not improvident, to fix the compensation of all county treasurers at two per centum of all funds coming into their hands as treasurers, to be paid out of the respective funds, with certain funds excepted. But we are not concerned with that question. That act 78 of. the Acts of 1941 does fix those fees appears to me to be indubitable, and the power of the-General Assembly to fix that compensation is also indubitable.

Now, the act does not contain a repealing clause, yet the majority say it repealed act 146 of the Acts of 1939. Certainly it did. And if it repealed…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Coats v. HillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1883
  2. Dozier v. RagsdaleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1932
  3. McDonald v. WassonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
  4. Lawyer v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
  5. Hampton v. HickeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908

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