State ex rel. Port of Seattle v. Wardall

Citations

• 107 Wash. 606
• 183 P. 67

Syllabus

<p>Officers (43)—Salary — Incbease During Teem — Statutes. Const., art. 2, § 25, and art. 11, § 8, providing tbat the legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, and that the salary of any public officer shall not be increased or diminished after his election or during his term of office, applies to public officers elected for a fixed term to serve without compensation, and accordingly prohibits the granting of substantial compensation thereto after their election, and renders Laws 1917, p. 502, § 2, providing for compensation to port commissioners serving without compensation inapplicable as to commissioners theretofore elected.</p> <p>Municipal Corporations (71)-—Officers (43)—Salary—Increase During Tebm—Statutes. Const., art. 11, § 8, providing that the salary of any county or municipal officer shall not be increased or diminished after his election or during his term of office, prohibits the granting of compensation to a port commissioner, by vote of the district pursuant to Laws 1917, p. 502, § 2, although he was elected and inducted into office subsequent to the passage of that act, where he took office prior to the district vote authorizing the salary; since the constitutional prohibition operates against the district as well as against the state.</p>