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Show I PARAGRAPHS I OF THE SUPREME I COURTS RULING , I In the Cache County salary case . '., ' '" there are some pertinent paragraphs ' ' -fV la the ruling of the Supreme Court . that all citizens should read. Here ' "," are some of them:, '',,- "It Is prorlded by section 2057 i that, 'the salaries of the offlcers of. ?( all counties shall be FIXED.' ' 'Fix In the general acceptance of the -; term, is tovbe made permanent and ' ( .- definite. By the Standard Diction- j ary, 'To decide definitely,' by Web- ,''' ster it Is defined to mean 'To make '!' ' -- definite and settled' or 'to settle or ij ; k ' remain permanently.'" ': "la the case at bar, In obedience I,1''-..,' to statute, the board of county com- 'M "'av " ' m,,,(ne,',, ot Cache county met on K.Vi'tV the 5lh day of August, 1916 three : ,;$ monihs prior to the county elec- '' m. -; tlon, held Norember 7th 1916, and I -i 'fixed and determined' that the sal- BJ lis aries of county offlcers be sums cer; tain 'for the two years next succeod- s . lng.' The election was held, the de- fendants were duly elected to .the re-I re-I spectivo county offices they now hold ' fully adTiied as to the salaries har-I har-I ing been 'fixed,'- 'determined' and . made definitely certain, not for a period of one month, two months, a ' rear or any indefinite p3riod of tlmo but for the two years 'next succeed- av BSH )' I tag' the expiration of the term of their predecessors la office."-' office."-' "To place a construction upon the 'statute that will enable the board of county commissioners to exercise the right at any time of increasing the salaries of county officers after they hare been elected, qualified and entered en-tered upon the duties of their offices would, 'in our opinion, not only be lnimlcable to the best Interest of the general public and good gorernment but would be an utter disregard of the plain Intent and purpose of the legislature, as expressed in the language lang-uage of the statute, In granting to f the board of county commissioners the right to determine the salaries within prescribed limits." "We are therefore of the opinion that the trial court was right In or-errullng or-errullng the defendants' demurrer to the complaint, and that its judgment and decree entered herein must be sustained. It Is so ordered. Cost tc respondent." t ' K |