Campbell v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 63 Kan. 377
• 65 P. 679
• 1901 Kan. LEXIS 155

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Constitutional Law — Special Legislation. The legislature may prescribe by special law the amount of fees a probate judge in any county may receive as his compensation for the performance of the duties of his office. Such special legislation is not in violation of section 17, article 2, of the constitution.</p> <p>2. -Fees of Probate Judge■ — Constitutional Provision Construed. The provision in section 8, article 3, of the constitutution, that probate judges shall “ receive for compensation such fees as may be prescribed by law,” construed, and held to mean such fees for the performance of the duties of the office as the legislature may deem proper compensation for the performance of such services, and not all the fees that the law may allow him to collect from litigants and others transacting business with him in his official capacity.</p>