Hillard v. Shoshone County

Citations

• 3 Idaho 103
• 27 P. 678
• 1891 Ida. LEXIS 22

Syllabus

<p>District Court Clerk — Compensation Allowed by Constitution— Self-operative Sections of Constitution. — Section 16 of article 5 of the constitution provides for the election of a clerk of the district court for each county. Section 6 of article 18 provides that the clerk of the district court shall be ex-officio auditor and recorder. Section 7 of the. same article provides that the compensation of this officer, for all the duties he shall perform as such officer, shall not exceed $3,000, nor fall below $500, for any one year. Held, that these sections are self-operative.</p> <p>Maximum and Minimum Compensation of.Clerk of District Court. That the clerk of the district court, as such clerk, and as auditor and recorder, for the performance of all his duties therein cannot receive, for his own use, a greater sum than $3,000 for any one' year; and such compensation must be derived from fees and commissions. If such fees and commissions fall below the minimum, then the county must make up such deficiency.</p> <p>(Syllabus by. the court.)</p>