Proposal No. 3

Article V

Sec. 9: The compensation of the members of the legislature shall be three dollars $5.00 per diem during the term for which they are elected, and they shall receive no further compensation than as specified in this section for service when the legislature is convened in extra session. Members shall be entitled to ten 10 cents per mile and no more for one 1 round trip to each regular and special session of the legislature by the usually traveled route. Each member shall be entitled to one 1 copy of the laws, journals and documents of the legislature of which he is a member, but shall not receive, at the expense of the state, books, newspapers or perquisites of the office not expressly authorized by this constitution.

Sources

• Joint Resolution No. 5 of 1943 (PDF)
• General Election, November 7, 1944, Proposals (Library of Michigan)
• Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1945-1946, p. 325 (HathiTrust)
• Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1943, p. 473 (HathiTrust)