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Show ROAD COMMISSION PAY BOOST UPHELD Salary Increases enacted by the last legislature for members of the state road commission are valid, according to an opinion that had been given Thursday by At- I torney General Joseph Chez. The opinion, written by Assistant Assist-ant Attorney General S. D. Huf-faker Huf-faker and submitted to State Senator Sen-ator Lawrence E. Nelson of Murray, Mur-ray, held the act was not Invalid because it was passed in violation of senate rules. During the closing days of the 19.19 legislature an act was passed raising road commissioner salaries sala-ries from 13600 to (4000 a year. Senator Nelson contested the validity va-lidity of the action because the time for acting on the bill had passed, according to senate rules. In answer, the opinion held the state constitution contained no provisions forbidding the senate from suspending its rules. |