Poe

County of Calaveras v. Poe

Good Law
167 Cal. 519·1914 Cal. LEXIS 493·140 P. 23
Supreme Court of CaliforniaMarch 27, 1914Sac. No. 2090.California1,233 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Melvin, J.

Defendants appeal from the judgment. This case was decided upon an agreed statement of facts. Adam W. Poe was duly elected to the consolidated offices of county clerk, county auditor, and county recorder of Calaveras County, a county of the thirty-third class, for the term beginning January 7,1907. At that time his salary as recorder was fixed by statute at one thousand five hundred dollars per a.Tinnm (Stats. 1903, p. 241), and the “County Government Act” also contained the following provision: “The salaries and fees provided for in this act shall be in full compensation for all services of every kind and description rendered by the officers herein named either as officers or ex-officio officers, their deputies and assistants, unless in this act otherwise pro vided, and all deputies employed shall be paid by their principals out of the salaries hereinbefore provided, unless in this act otherwise provided.” (Stats. 1905, p. 582.) Subsequently section 4262 of the Political Code was amended with reference to counties of the thirty-third class to read as follows: “The county officers shall receive as compensation for the services required of them by law or by virtue of their office,…

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