Debolt v. Trustees of Cincinnati Township
Debolt v. Trustees of Cincinnati Township
7 Ohio St. (N.S.) 237
Debolt v. Trustees of Cincinnati Township
Opinion of the Court
The fees of the county treasurer are limited and prescribed by law. No officer, whose compensation is regulated *by fees, can charge for a particular service, unless the law specifically gives him fees for that service. The law- under consideration, abolished the office of township treasurer, and devolved most of the duties of the township treasurer upon the county treasurer ; but gave no fees therefor.
Fees are not allowed upon an implication; but if they were, the implication in this case is, that the legislature, if they intended to give the fees of a township treasurer to the county treasurer, would have said so.
Judgment below affirmed.
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