Martin v. County of Santa Barbara

Citations

• 105 Cal. 208
• 38 P. 687
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 1138

Syllabus

<p>County Government Act—Counties of Twenty-first Class—Fees of Constables. —The County Government Act of March 24, 1893, did not take effect as to the fees of constables who, in counties of the twenty-first class, were incumbents of office at the time of its passage, but the fees of such incumbents are governed by the act regulating fees and salaries, approved March 5, 1870.</p> <p>Id.—Statutory Construction —“ Compensation” — “ Salary.”—The words “compensation” and “salary” are used synonymously in the constitution and County Government Act, and the term “salary,” as used in the County Government Act, applies equally to all officers, included in the act whose compensation is fixed thereby, whether such compensation is limited to a fixed sum of money or is payable in fees, and such is its meaning in subdivision 17 of section 183 of the County Government Act, which provides that that section shall “take effect immediately, except such provisions as affect the salaries of the present incumbents.”</p>