Mudgett v. Liebes

Citations

• 14 Wash. 482
• 45 P. 19
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 392

Syllabus

<p>OFFICERS — COMPENSATION — AMENDMENT AND RE-ENACTMENT OF STATUTE.</p> <p>An office is not abolished by a statute which repeals a portion of a former statute respecting the duties of the office but omits a provision as to compensation.</p> <p>The attempt to deprive a county treasurer of the compensation which the law at the time of his election gave him for duties as city tax collector, while leaving him still under obligation to perform such duties, is in conflict with art. 11, §8, of the state constitution, which prohibits the salary of an officer to be increased or diminished during his term of office.</p>