In re the Executive Communication of the 2d Day of June, A. D. 1870

Citations

• 13 Fla. 687

Syllabus

<p>1. State officers, in a general sense, are officers whose duties and power* are co-extensive with the territorial limits of the State. County officers, in the same sense, are those whose general authority and jurisdiction are confined within the limits of the county in which they are appointed, who are appointed in and for a particular county, and whose duties concern more especially the people of that county.</p> <p>3. The “ support ” of an officer is derived from the emoluments of his office, which consist of fees or per diem. Each county must pay the fees or per diem provided by law for its officers.</p> <p>S. Wherever the constitutiou imposes a duty upon a county, the county-must pay the compensation of all officers employed in the discharge of the duty imposed, as well as all expenses incident thereto.</p> <p>4. In all cases where there is no constitutional provision making an expense chargeable to the county, it must be for a county purpose in order to justify the legislature in authorizing a county to resort to taxation to defray it.</p>