Village of St. Johns v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Clinton; Daboll, J. Mandamus by the village of St. Johns to compel the board of supervisors of Clinton county to allow a claim for the compensation of a health officer for special services during an epidemic of smallpox. From an order granting the writ, respondent brings certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
On October 31, 1894, an epidemic of smallpox broke out in the village of St. Johns, and the board of health, being the trustees of the village, increased the pay of its health officer, Dr. Henry Palmer, one of its members, by a further sum of $10 a day. Dr. Palmer performed the duties of health officer, with this increased compensation, for 69 days, during the prevalence of the smallpox. The village audited, and presented to the board of supervisors for allowance, a bill of expenses incident to the epidemic, amounting to $2,810.48. This bill included among its items $690 as salary to its…
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