Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 53: Difference between revisions

* ''Dallas County v. Lively'', 167 S.W. 219, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/167_SW_219.pdf#page=2 220] (Tex. 1914) ("The Constitution does not forbid the fixing of compensation after service rendered, but forbids increasing the agreed or prescribed sum after service rendered or work performed. Had the salary been specified before the ex officio duties were performed, any additional sum would be extra compensation, which the Constitution forbids. No authority has been cited which sustains the contention of the county, and we have found none. Justice HAWKINS has made a laborious and extensive search into the authorities; but we believe he has found no case which reaches the distinguishing feature of this . . . , which failure on the part of our honored Associate we consider to be a reliable support to our conclusion.")