Hall v. Beveridge

Citations

• 81 Ill. 128

Syllabus

<p>County board—power to fix salary of county officers. Full power is given to county hoards to fix the compensation of county officers, and the sums named in section 10, article 10, of the constitution, in respect to the several classes of counties, is the maximum, and not the minimum. The hoard in a county having a population exceeding 30,000 and under 50,000, may lawfully fix the salary of the clerk of the circuit court at $1500, and that officer must pay all fees received in excess of that sum and certain other lawful disbursements, into the county treasury.</p>