141 So. 908 | Ala. | 1932
These proceedings are to test the constitutional validity of the Local Act for Coffee County approved May 28, 1931 (Loc. Acts 1931, p. 79), providing an additional deputy sheriff to be located at Enterprise, Ala., and whose compensation is fixed therein and payable out of the general funds of the county. The appeal is by the commissioners' court from the judgment awarding the writ of mandamus, as prayed.
By section 6 of the Local Act of 1907 (Loc. Acts 1907, pp. 279, 283), the sheriff was required to appoint a deputy who shall reside in the Enterprise district. But it is clear that section 6 of the Act approved March 10, 1931 (Loc. Acts 1931, pp. 35, 37) was intended as a substitute for the corresponding section of the act of 1907, and supersedes the same (Edson v. State,
The argument that the act is violative of sections 96, 281, 68, and subdivision 24 of section 104 of our state Constitution is rested upon the theory that the provision for such deputy results to the financial advantage of the sheriff, though indirectly, and thereby increases his compensation during his term, citing Vaughan v. State,
We are of the opinion, however, this insistence is answered by the ruling of this court in Commissioners' Court of Winston County v. Haney,
Appellants further argue the act contravenes section 105 of our Constitution as concerning a matter provided for by general law, noting section 10188, Code 1923, and City Bank Trust Co. v. State,
Lastly, it is urged that the published notice of the proposed act does not sufficiently state its substance as required by section 106 of our Constitution, in that it fails to disclose the requirement found in the body of the act that the deputy shall reside at Enterprise. The notice stated that the proposed act was to allow the sheriff of Coffee county an additional deputy to that now provided by law, to fix his salary and provide for its payment out of the general funds of the county, and to provide for his duties. The act as passed follows very closely the notice, with the exception of the provision that such deputy shall reside at Enterprise. Speaking to this question, this court in State ex rel. Wilkinson v. Allen,
Our conclusion is that the learned trial court reached the correct conclusion, and the judgment is accordingly here affirmed.
Affirmed.
ANDERSON, C. J., and BOULDIN and FOSTER, JJ., concur. *24