...place in the Constitution if the words were of doubtful import, but they are not. The language is : " No law shall extend the term of any public officer...or emoluments after his election or appointment." The word " law," as was said in Baldwin «>. City of Philadelphia, 99 Pa. 164, has a fixed and definite...

...contracts shall be subject to the approval of the Governor, Auditor General and State Treasurer. SEC. 13. No law shall extend the term of any public officer,...or emoluments, after his election or appointment. SBC. 14. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate...

...approval of the Governor and State Treasurer. SEC. 30. Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, no law shall extend the term of any public officer,...salary or emoluments after his election or appointment ; Provided, That on and after the first day of March, AD 1881, the salaries of the following designated...

...Third. The bill conflicts with section 13 of Article 111. of the Constitution, which provides that "no law shall extend the term of any public officer or increase or diminish his salnry or emoluments after his election or appointment." ROBT. E. PATTISON. To the Senate Nominating...

...approval of the governor and state treasurer. Sec. 30. Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, no law shall extend the term of any public officer,...salary or emoluments after his election or appointment; Provided, This shall not be construed to forbid the general assembly to fix the salary or emoluments...

...1882, so as to read as follows, to wit: * Sec. 30. Except as otherwise provided in this constitution no law shall extend the term of any public officer,...salary or emoluments after his election or appointment; Provided, That on and after the first day of March, AD 1881, the salaries of the following designated...

...approval of the Governor and State Treasurer. SEC. 30. Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, no law shall extend the term of any public officer,...salary or emoluments after his election or appointment; Provided, That on and after the first day of March, AD 1881, the salaries of the following designated...

...means exempt by statute. In re Keene, 3 Atl. 418, 419, 15 RI 294. Const art. 8, I 13, providing that no "law" shall extend the term of any public officer,...salary or emoluments after his election or appointment, has a fixed and definite meaning, and applies only to acts of the Legislature. McCormick v. Fayette...

...supposition may, however, be erroneous. In Pennsylvania a constitutional provision declared that " no law shall extend the term of any public officer,...or emoluments, after his election or appointment." Notwithstanding this, the Legislature passed an act in 1903 which increased the salaries of the judges...

...approval of the Governor and State Treasurer. Sec. 30. Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, no law shall extend the term of any public officer,...salary or emoluments after his election or appointment; Provided, That on and after the first day of March, AD 1881, the salaries of the following designated...