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COMMONWEALTH v. HESCH

395 S.W.2d 362 (1965)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky et al., Appellants, v. Virginia HESCH, Clerk of Circuit Court of Campbell County, et al., Appellees. FLOYD COUNTY, Kentucky, et al., Appellants, v. Henry C. HALE, Sheriff of Floyd County, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

As Modified on Rehearing October 29, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Hunter B. Whitesell, Frankfort, Charles Runyan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the Commonwealth.

Barkley J. Sturgill, Prestonsburg, for Floyd County and others.

John Hopkins, Fred F. Bradley, Edward F. Prichard, Jr., Frankfort, George T. Muehlenkamp, Newport, James R. McGarry, Covington, David R. Reed, Paducah, William E. Scent, Reed & Scent, Louisville, for Virginia Hesch and others.

Combs & Rather, Lexington, Paul E. Hayes, Prestonsburg, for Henry C. Hale, Sheriff.

MILLIKEN, Judge.

These are appeals from judgments upholding the constitutionality of statutory salary increases for local constitutional officers in excess of the nominal $7,200 maximum allowed by Section 246 of the Constitution, and we have consolidated the cases on appeal. Before acceding to the legislative mandate directing payment of the salary increases, the State Commissioner of Finance and other officials felt compelled...

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