Fix

To determine; to settle. Bunn v. Kingsbury County, 3 S. D. 87, 62 N. W. 673. A constitutional provision to the effect that the general assembly shall fix the compensation of officers, means that it shall prescribe the rule by which such compensation is to be determined. Goodin v. State, 18 Ohio 9.

To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a liability upon one. To transform a possible or contingent liability into a present and definite liability. Zimmerman v. Canfield, 42 Ohio St. 468: Polk v. Minnehaha County, 5 Dak. 129, 37 N. W. 93; Lo-gansport & W. V. Gas. Co. v. Peru (C. O.) 89 Fed. 187.

— Fixed belief or opinion. As ground for rejecting a furor, this phrase means a settled belief or opinion which would so strongly influence the mind of the juror and his decision in the case that he could not exclude it from his mind and render a verdict solely in accordance with the law and the evidence. Bales v. State, 65 Ala. 30 ; Curley v. Com., 84 Pa. 156; Staup v. Com., 74 Pa. 461.

— Fixed salary. One which is definitely ascertained and prescribed as to amount and time of payment, and does not depend upon the receipt of fees or other contingent emoluments; not necessarily a salary which cannot be changed by competent authority. Sharpe v. Robertson, 5 Grat. (Vat) 518; Hedrick v. U. S., 16 Ct. Cl. 101.

— Fixing bail. In practice. Rendering absolute the liability of special bail.

To liquidate or render certain. To fasten a Nability upon one. To transform a possible or contingent liability into a present and definite liability.

8 1. To render finally liable: as, to fix bail, q. v. 3. To set for trial or hearing: as, to fix a case on a list. 3. To prescribe the rule by which a thing is to be determined: as, a constitutional direction that the general assetobly shall fix the comi Densation of all officers.* A salary is " fixed " when it consists of a stipulated rate for a definite period. Pay or emolument is fixed when the amount is agreed upon and the service defined. 5 A salary, pay or emolument is fixed by law when the amount is named in a statute; and, by regulation, when named in a general order, promulgated under provision of law, and applicable to a class or classes of persons.*