Kirkwood v. Soto

Citations

• 87 Cal. 394
• 25 P. 488
• 1891 Cal. LEXIS 990

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law—■ Officers — Increase of Salary.— Incidental Expenses.— Section 9 of article 11 of the constitution, forbidding the compensation of any county, city, town, or municipal officer from being increased after his election or during his term of office, only applies to the compensation for services to be rendered, and does not forbid an allowance for the incidental expenses of the office, to be determined by the necessity which the business of the office may develop.</p> <p>Id. — County Government Act — Amendment oe Political Code—■ Traveling Expenses of County Superintendent of Schools. — The County Government Act fixing a salary for county superintendents of schools “as compensation for the services required of them by law, or by virtue of their office,” does not prevent the application of the amendment of section 1552 of the Political Code, made in March, 1889, allowing each county superintendent his traveling expenses, and other incidental expenses connected with the office, to a county superintendent holding office at the time of the amendment.</p>