Board of County Commissioners v. Ott

Citations

• 99 Kan. 216

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Salary — Register of Deeds — Statute Changing Salary During Term— Construction of Statute. A register of deeds was allowed as com- . pensation $1100 in fees, and if in an.y year the fees collected were more than that sum, one-half the excess. In the middle of a year a statute took effect giving him a salary and requiring all fees to he turned into the treasury. -At that time he had collected $1002 in fees. Held, he was not entitled to all the fees, but should be compensated at the rate of $1100 per year for the time until the statute took effect, plus one-half the excess fees.</p>