Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-11 | Page 10 | Increases Pay of Elective Officers

EASES PAY OF 1 ELEClEOFFICEi Senate Passes Williams BiB Carrying $9000 a Yearfcw in Salaries. jml The senate Friday, under n suspensloHE! of the rules, passed Senator? iyilllaoiKJ bill Increasing the salaries of all 0f tfiK: elccllvo state officers. By the terms Ri the bill the governor's salary is IncreajHj1; from 51000 to SU'IUO a year, tho salary jSg the secretary or slate from 300U to JUqEt the attorney general from yjooo lo SiogjKf the slate auditor from S'JOOU to $3000, UiBf slate treasurer from 31500 to $2500, iitjflp the state superintendent of public iiutrtHr1'' lion from SJ500 to $3000. a total lneieaMjj? of 59000 a year in salaries. Mfif Senator Williams read the lbl or ijflfa' salaries paid siate officials in other sUtiKj and showed Hint Utah's falaiic3 lo hjKT slate officials wpio much less than thoHt of a large majority of the other stauK-11c stauK-11c spoke of the work of Uie various oK, flees and showed why the salaries vitL dfiorved. Incidentally ho paid a hljE tribute to Attorney General Albert jBr Barnes for his great triumph for ifimK state in securing the Harrittiuii in)icrjB tance 1in. amounting to nearly J-MBF 000. for Utah. )Bf Senator Burton attempted to secure nB? ducllons in all the salaries proposed, tiHP receivi'd no seconds to his amcmlmuntiV Senator Olson. Democratic member frnH Sanpete, in his droll way Inquired wicthP er or not there was danger of tho (B liccs becoming vacant and remaining vaB cunt In case tho Im-reases were ndjH) On the roll call Senator Burton .-utfl two Democratic members. Funk ami njjB son. voled against tin bill. All oihe voted in the siffimiatlx 0. JE