xed periodical compensation to be paid for services rendered; a stated compensation, amounting to so much by the year, month, or other fixed period, to be paid to public officers and persons in some private employ-ments, for the performance of ofllcial dutiee or the renderlng of services of a particular kind, more or less definitely described, involving professional knowledge or skill, or at least employment above the grade of menial or mechanical labor. See State v. Speed, 183 Mo. 186, 81 S. W. 1260; Dane v. Smlth, 54 Ala. 50; Fidelity Ins. Co. v. Shenandoah Iron Co. (C. C.) 42 Fed. 376; Cowdln v. Huff, 10 Ind. 85; In re Chancellor, 1 Bland (Md.) 596; Houser v. Umatilla County, 30 or. 486, 49 Pac. 867; Thompson v. Phillips, 12 ohio
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
