Board of Supervisors v. Johnson

Citations

• 64 Ill. 149

Syllabus

<p>County Supbrintendbnts—of their compensation provided by the act of 1867—whether affected by the new constitution. Tbe per diem allowance to county superintendents of schools, provided by tbe act of 1867, may be regarded as compensation, and not as fees, in tbe sense in wbicb the latter word is used in tbe eleventh section of tbe tenth article of tbe constitution of 1870; so that section of the constitution does not operate to repeal tbe act of 1867 fixing such compensation.</p>