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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IV § 12; Article V § 23; Article VI § 17; Article VI § 18; Article VIII § 3

Joint Resolution No. 5 of 1895

April 1, 1895; Rejected 50,065 to 139,039 (26%)

Article IX

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

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 5 of 1895 (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 556 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1895, pp. 595–596 (HathiTrust)

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