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SHELTON v. REEDER

121 So.2d 145 (1960)

C.W. SHELTON, B.H. Stone, D.M. Cox, Woodrow Aultman, and Albert Tindel, As and Constituting the Board of County Commissioners of Calhoun County, Florida, Appellants, v. W.C. REEDER, Sheriff of Calhoun County, Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

As Modified June 23, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil Q. Mayo, Blountstown, and Ernest W. Welch, of Isler, Welch & Jones, Panama City, for appellants.

Cornett & Leath, Panama City, for appellee.

John A. Madigan, Jr., of Caldwell, Parker, Foster, Madigan, Oven & Moriarty, Tallahassee, for intervenor, Florida Sheriffs Ass'n.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Ralph M. McLane and Joseph V. Barrs, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Mallory E. Horne, of Horne & Rhodes, Tallahassee, amici curiae.

HOBSON, Justice.

The facts which give rise to the instant appeal may be summarized as follows:

By Chapter 57-368, the 1957 Legislature attempted to abolish the fee system method of compensation for county sheriffs by a general act establishing a comprehensive salary scale.1 This law also established budget procedures and provided for the disposition of the fees and commissions collected by county sheriffs within its purview.

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