136 Ky. 373 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1910
'Opinion oe the Court by
Affirming.
By section 3132, Ky. St., the treasurer of cities of the second class is required to give such bond and receive such salary as the general council shall by ordinance provide. The general council of the city of Paducah fixed the salary of the treasurer at $1,800 per year, and provided that he should give bond in the sum of $20,000. Section 160 of the Constitution, after providing for the.election of mayors, legislative bodies, and police judges, and fixing their terms of office, provides as follows: “ * * But other officers of towns or cities shall be elected by the qualified voters therein, or appointed by the local authorities thereof, as the General Assembly may, by a general law, provide; but when elected by the voters of a town or city, their terms of office shall be four 3years, and until their successors shall be qualified.” Section 3131 of the Kentucky Statutes provides that the treasurer of cities of the second class shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city. Section 3753 (Russell’s St. sec. 4855) provides that no officer from whom a covenant is required shall enter upon the duties of his office until the same is given. It further declares that a breach of' the provision,- or a failure to take the oath of office prescribed by lav, shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100, and by removal from office. From these various provisions it is
Judgment affirmed.