Garey

Prior to the year 1909 the county of Imperial was classified by the legislature as a county of the thirty-sixth class. By section 4265 of the Political Code the salaries of the various county officers for such counties were then fixed. The introductory portion of the section referred to reads as follows: “In counties of thirty-sixth class, the county officers shall receive as compensation for the services required of them by law, or by virtue of their office, the following salar ries.” By subdivision 3 of said section it was provided, that the county recorder should receive the sum.of $3,000 per annum. While this state of the law existed John B. Baker was elected as recorder of Imperial county, and he in due time qualified and continued to act as such recorder until the second day of January, 1911, that being the date of the expiration of his term of ¿ffice. The legislature of the year 1909 amended the statute relating to the classification of counties and provided for a new class to be known as the thirty-sixth and one-half class, which should include all counties having a .population of ten thousand and under ten thousand five hundred. At the same time and by a separate act the…