Mays v. Phillips County

1 McCulloch, C. J.

Appellant was ' the sheriff of Phillips County, and this appeal involves the question as to the amount of compensation to which he is entitled for feeding prisoners confined in jail.

The General Assembly of 1919 enacted a special statute fixing the fees and emoluments of all the county officers in Phillips County. This act contained an emergency clause, and was approved by the Governor on February 17,1919. Special Acts 1919, p. 132. The provision of that statute with reference to the sheriff’s office fixed the salary of the sheriff and ex-officio collector at the sum of…