Anderson v. Whatcom County

Citations

• 15 Wash. 47
• 33 L.R.A. 137
• 45 P. 665
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 135

Syllabus

<p>CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — SELF-EXECUTING PROVISIONS — TITLE OF ACTS-COMPENSATION OF JUSTICES OF PEACE.</p> <p>Art. 4, § 10, of the constitution, providing that, in incorporated cities or towns having more than five thousand inhabitants, the justices of the péace shall receive such salary as may be provided by law, is self-executing with reference to the matter of population, merely the matter of fixing salaries being referred to the legislature, and the courts are justified in receiving testimony to determine the amount of population.</p> <p>The act of March 15, 1893, entitled “An act to provide for the economical management of county affairs,” and providing that the salary allowed by law to an officer shall not exceed the amount of the legal fees collected on account of such office, does not effect a repeal of the act of February 7, 1891, fixing the salaries of justices of the peace in incorporated cities having more than five thousand inhabitants, since such subject is not embraced in the title of the act of March 15, 1893, and would be unconstitutional so far as effecting that object is concerned.</p>