Field v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Coeer:

By an act of the general assembly, which became a law on the .24th of February, 1873, the judge of the Jefferson county court was authorized to appoint a back tax collector for said county, to hold his office for the term of four years. The second section of the act required the person appointed to execute a covenant to the commonwealth, with sureties to be approved by the j.udge of the county court in the manner and form required of shériffs for the collection of the revenue, and to renew the same annually at the February or March term of the court.

The appellant having…