Compensation of Certain Officers. COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS. I Sec. 9. No officer whose salary is fixed by the Constitu2 tion shall receive any additional compensation. Each of the 3 other State officers named in the Constitution shall, during his 4 continuance in office, receive a compensation, to be fixed by 5 law, which shall not be increased or diminished during the 6 term for which he shall have been elected or appointed; nor 7 shall he receive to his use any fees or perquisites of office or 8 other compensation. The Legislature may by law diminish or increase the compensation of any or all the following officers, to wit: Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commissioner of Immigration and Labor, justices of the Supreme Court, and judges of the district courts and district attorneys; but no diminution or increase shall affect the compensation of the officer then in office during his term: Provided, however, that the Legislature may provide for the payment of actual and necessary expenses of the Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney-General and Superintendent of Public Instruction incurred while in performance of official duty. The county board, except as proprovided in section nine of this article, shall fix the compensation of all county officers, with the amount of their necessary clerk hire, stationery, fuel and other expenses, and in all cases where fees are provided for, said compensation shall be paid only out of, and shall in no instance exceed the fees actually collected; they shall not allow either of them more per annum than fifteen hundred dollars, in counties not exceeding twenty thousand inhabitants; twenty-five hundred dollars in counties containing thirty thousand and not exceeding fifty thousand inhabitants; three thousand dollars, in counties containing fifty thousand and not exceeding seventy thousand inhabitants; thirty-five hundred dollars, in counties containing seventy thousand and not exceeding one hundred thousand inhabitants; and four thousand dollars, in counties containing over one hundred thousand and not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants; and not more than one thousand dollars additional compensation for each additional one hundred thousaod inhabitants: Provided, That the compensation of no officer shall be increased or diminished during his term of office. All fees or allowances by them received, in excess of their said compensation, shall be paid into the county treasury. KANSAS. 15. I. The officers mentioned in this article shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation to be established by law, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which they shall have been elected. Sec. Art. 161. KENTUCKY. Bec. Art. 24. V. Compensation of Certain Officers. Sec. Art. MISSOURI. The officers named in this article shall receive for their services a salary to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms; and they shall not, after the expiration of the terms of those in office at the adoption of this Constitution, receive to their own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other compensation. All fees that may hereafter be payable by law for any service performed by any officer provided for in this article shall be paid in advance into the State treasury. 8. XIV. The compensation or fees of no State county or municipal officer shall be increased during his term of office; nor shall the term of any office be extended for a longer period than that for which such officer was. elected or appointed. No person except a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of this State, shall be eligible to hold any State office, and the State Treasurer shall be ineligible for the term succeeding that for which he was elected. The compensation for State officers shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected. The Legislature may, in its discretion, abolish the offices of the Lieutenant-Governor, Auditor and Commissioner of Public Lands. 8. XI. The Legislature shall fix the com pensation by salaries of all county officers, and of constables in cities having a population of five thou sand and upwards; except that public administrators, surveyors and coroners may or may not be salaried officers. The salary of any county, city, town or municipal officer shall not be increased or diminisned after his election, or during his term of office; nor shall th At the first election of county judges under this Constitution, there shall be elected in each of the counties in this State, not under township organization, three officers, who shall be styled, "The Board of County Commissioners," who shall hold sessions for the transaction of county business as shall be provided by law. One of the said commissioners shall hold his office for one year, one for two years, and one for three years to be determined by lot; and every year thereafter one such officer shall be elected in each of said counties for the term of three years. Sec. Art. organized; but if the county shall not have been so long organized, then within the limits of the county or counties out of which the same shall have been taken. 6. VI. All county, township, and town officers shall reside within their respective counties, townships, and towns, and shall keep their respective offices at such places therein, and perform such duties as may be directed by law. Constables shall possess the same qualifications as sheriffs, and their jurisdiction shall be co-extensive with the counties in which they reside. Constables now in office shall continue in office until their successors are elected and qualified. 169. The mayor or chief executive, police judges, members of legislative boards or councils of towns and cities shall be elected by the qualified voters thereof: Provided, the mayor or chief executive and police judges of the towns of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes may be appointed or elected as provided by law. The terms of office of mayors or chief executives and police judges shall be for four years, and until their successors shall be qualified, and members of legislative boards two years. When any city of the first or second class is divided into |