Article 4.
Executive Department

Section 19.

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Salaries and Fees of Officers

The governor, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, attorney general, and superintendent of public instruction shall, monthly as due, during their continuance in office, receive for their services compensation, which, for the term next ensuing after the adoption of this constitution, is fixed as follows: Governor, three thousand dollars per annum; secretary of state, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; state auditor controller, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; state treasurer, one thousand dollars per annum; attorney general, two thousand dollars per annum; and superintendent of public instruction, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The lieutenant governor shall receive the same per diem as may be provided by law for the speaker of the house of representatives, to be allowed only during the sessions of the legislature. The compensations enumerated shall be in full for all services by said officers respectively, rendered in any official capacity or employment whatever during their respective terms of office.
No officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance of any official duty, any fee for his own use; but all fees fixed by law for the performance by either of them, of any official duty, shall be collected in advance and deposited with the state treasurer quarterly to the credit of the state. The legislature may, by law, diminish or increase the compensation of any or all of the officers named in this section, but no such diminution or increase shall affect the salaries of the officers then in office during their term; provided, however, the legislature may provide for the payment of actual and necessary expenses to these officers while traveling within-the-state in the performance of official duty.

Salaries and Fees of Officers

The governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney- general, and superintendent of public instruction shall, monthly as due, during their continuance in office, receive for their services compensation, which, for the term next ensuing after the adoption of this constitution, is fixed as follows: governor, three thousand dollars per annum; secretary of state, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; state auditor, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; state treasurer, one thousand dollars per annum; attorney-general, two thousand dollars per annum; and superintendent of public instruction, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The lieutenant-governor shall receive the same per diem as may be provided by law for the speaker of the house of representatives, to be allowed only during the sessions of the legislature. The compensations enumerated shall be in full for all services by said officers respectively, rendered in any official capacity or employment whatever during their respective terms of office.
No officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance of any official duty, any fee for his own use; but all fees fixed by law for the performance by either of them, of any official duty, shall be collected in advance, and deposited with the state treasurer quarterly to the credit of the state. The legislature may by law, diminish or increase the compensation of any or all of the officers named in this section, but no such diminution or increase, shall effect the salaries of the officers then in office during their term; Provided, however, The legislature may provide for the payment of actual and necessary expenses to the governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, attorney-general, and superintendent of public instruction, while traveling within the state in the performance of official duty.

Salaries and Fees of Officers

The governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney-general, and superintendent of public instruction shall, quarterly as due, during their continuance in office, receive for their services compensation, which, for the term next ensuing after the adoption of this constitution, is fixed as follows: governor, three thousand dollars per annum; secretary of state, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; state auditor, one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; state treasurer, one thousand dollars per annum; attorney-general, two thousand dollars per annum; and superintendent of public instruction, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. The lieutenant-governor shall receive the same per diem as may be provided by law for the speaker of the house of representatives, to be allowed only during the sessions of the legislature. The compensations enumerated shall be in full for all services by said officers respectively, rendered in any official capacity or employment whatever during their respective terms of office.
No officer named in this section shall receive, for the performance of any official duty, any fee for his own use; but all fees fixed by law for the performance by either of them, of any official duty, shall be collected in advance, and deposited with the state treasurer quarterly to the credit of the state. The legislature may by law, diminish or increase the compensation of any or all of the officers named in this section, but no such diminution or increase, shall effect the salaries of the officers then in office during their term; Provided, however, The legislature may provide for the payment of actual and necessary expenses to the governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, attorney-general, and superintendent of public instruction, while traveling within the state in the performance of official duty.

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