Maginnis v. Schlottman

Citations

• 271 Pa. 305
• 114 A. 782
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 501

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Assistant district attorney — Compensation—Constitutional law — Constitution, article XIV, section 5 — Acts of March SI, 1876, and July 17,1919.</p> <p>1. The Act of March 31, 1876, P. L. 13, recognizes that an assistant district attorney is not a clerk within the meaning of article XIV, section 5, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which provides that the amount paid a county officer and his clerks, in counties containing over 150,000 inhabitants, shall not exceed the aggregate amount of fees earned during the- term and collected by such officers.</p> <p>2. An assistant district attorney appointed under the Act of July 17, 1919, P. L. 995, is a public officer and entitled to the full salary provided by the act, regardless of the earnings of the district attorney’s office.</p>