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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. 1 of 1897

April 5, 1897; Rejected 70,138 to 90,973 (44%)

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 Attorney General shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars, and he shall reside during his term of office, in the city of Lansing, and in person attend to the duties of his office; the Secretary of State shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars; the State Treasurer shall receive an annual salary of one thousand 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 dollars; the Commissioner of the State Land Office shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars; the Attorney General shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars. They shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with their office. It shall not be competent for the Legislature to increase the salaries herein provided.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1897 (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 1897, p. 423 (HathiTrust)

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