Irvin v. County of Alexander

Citations

• 63 Ill. 528

Syllabus

<p>Sheriffs—compensation of, for conveying insane paupers to the insane asylum—construction of the statute in that regard. Under the twelfth and thirteenth sections of chapter fifty, Cross’ Statutes, providing that counties shall pay the expense of conveying insane paupers to the asylum for the insane, and fixing the compensation of the sheriff for such services, the sheriff is not allowed to charge for his necessary expenses anything in addition to the mileage and per diem provided by the statute.</p>