Griffin v. Rhoton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; 1. Under the Constitution the maximum salary allowed any officer in this State is $5,000. Const. (1874), art. 19, § 23. Under the first constitution of the State, the prosecuting attorney was ranked as a State officer. Art. 6, § 13, Const. 1836. In the matter of impeachment he was and is classed as a State officer.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor; 1. Under the Constitution the maximum salary allowed any officer in this State is $5,000. Const. (1874), art. 19, § 23. Under the first constitution of the State, the prosecuting attorney was ranked as a State officer. Art. 6, § 13, Const. 1836. In the matter of impeachment he was and is classed as a State officer. Art. 4, •§ 25, Const. 1861; Art. 4, § 24, Const. 1874. Likewise, in the matter of payment of salaries. Gantt’s Digest, § § 5373-5398; art. 19, § 11, Const. 1874. The prosecuting attorney is, therefore, in the matter of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCukroch, J.
Section 23, art. 19, of the Constitution of this State reads as follows: “No officer of this State, nor of any county, city or town shall receive, directly or indirectly, for salary, fees and perquisites more than five thousand dollars net profits per annum in par funds, and any and all sums in excess of this amount shall be paid into the State, county, city or town treasury as shall hereafter be directed by appropriate legislation.”
Appellee is the prosecuting attorney of the sixth judicial circuit, composed of Pulaski and Perry counties, and appellant, a citizen and taxpayer of Pulaski…
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