Joint Resolution No. 47 of 1869

Article IX

Sec. 1: The Governor shall receive an annual salary of one thousand twenty-five hundred dollars; the judges of the circuit court shall each receive an annual salary of one thousand five hundred two thousand dollars; the State Treasurer shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two thousand dollars; the Auditor General shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two thousand dollars; the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall receive an annual salary of one thousand two thousand dollars; the Secretary of State shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred two thousand dollars; the Commissioner of the Land Office shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred two thousand dollars; the Attorney General shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred two thousand dollars. They shall receive no fees or perquisites, whatever, for the performance of any duties connected with their offices. It shall not be competent for the Legislature to increase the salaries herein provided.

Sources

• Joint Resolution No. 47 of 1869 (PDF)
• Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1869, pp. 431–432 (HathiTrust)
• Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 553 (HathiTrust)