City of Duncan Ex Rel. Board of Trustees of the Police Pension & Retirement System v. Barnes

CORN, Justice.

By legislative enactment statutory authority for establishment and administration of a Police Pension and Retirement System is extended to every city or town within this state. 11 O.S.1951 § 541 et seq. In 1941 the legislature enacted other statutes directed toward providing costs for the benefits of the system. See 11 O.S.1951 § 542 et seq. Thereunder the legislature provided for the assessment of certain sums as a part of the costs in all criminal cases, upon conviction. Such money was to be collected by the county court clerk and paid over to the county treasurer, who then…