Board of Sup'rs v. Powell

Citations

• 122 Miss. 665
• 84 So. 905

Syllabus

<p>Health. Gircuit court cannot review salary of county health officer as fixed hy hoard of supervisors.</p> <p>The statutory authority to fix the salary of the county health officer is vested exclusively in the board of supervisors, and the circuit court has no right to review and reverse the discretion of the board and enlarge the salary so fixed, unless the board fixes the salary so low as to oust the officer or abolish the office.</p>