Voris v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 103 Kan. 876
• 176 P. 976
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 411

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Fees and Salaries — Compensation of Register of Deeds — Stated Salary — - Share of Excess Fees Collected. The statute providing that when the fees collected by a register of deeds for any quarter shall exceed the salary and clerk hire theretofore provided, he shall receive as clerk hire a further amount equal to one-half such excess, is interpreted, in view of other provisions of the statute, as requiring the register's personal compensation to be increased by the amount indicated, irrespective of whether additional clerical help was used.</p>