McElwain v. Abraham

Citations

• 58 Wash. 26
• 107 P. 832
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 881

Syllabus

<p>Counties—Commissioners—Powers—Justices of the Peace— Appointment of Assistant Clerks. Justices of the peace not being count}' officers, under our constitution, their offices pertaining to judicial business, the county commissioners, under their general authority and control over county business and officers, are not authorized to employ bailiffs or assistant clerks for justices of the peace, the legislature having expressly authorized the employment of one clerk for each justice of cities of the first and second classes.</p>