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sioners. In addition, nearly every coun
ty obtained authority to raise salaries of
some of its officials. Permission to grant
the raises was given the legislature by a
constitutional amendment approved last
November.
Minnesota passed a salary bill provid
ing for 34 different pay ranges, incor
porating upward revisions in both min
imum and maximum rates because of
rising living costs.
Salaries of state officials in New
Mexico may be raised under the terms
of a bill passed by the legislature.
A ll. state employees in Illinois re
ceived percentage increases of 10 to 15
per cent, in addition to salary raises for
state appointive officers, under terms
of a recent bill passed by the legislature.
Legislators voted changes in their
own salaries in Massachusetts, Nebraska,
Nevada and N orth Carolina. A Massa
chusetts law doubles the salaries of leg
islators for their two-year terms in o f
fice. Under the biennial system, mem
bers of the house and senate each re
ceived $2,500 for the year in which the
session was held. W ith the return to
annual session, the new law makes their
salaries $2,500 annually.
New Nebraska laws revise the pay
schedule for legislators in odd and even
numbered years. Nevada legislators’
salaries are set at $15 per day under
terms of a new law in the state. The
legislature of N orth Carolina amended
the constitution to provide expenses for
members of the state’s general assembly.
Salaries of various elective state o ffi
cers may be raised under terms of new
legislation passed in Kansas, Nevada and
Utah.
Beginning with the next term of o f
fice, the salaries of six top state elective
officials will be increased in Kansas in
cluding the salary of the governor. The
revised salary schedule for the elective
officials will bring them into closer
alignment with salaries paid to various
top administrative officials in the state
service.
Nevada passed two bills relating to a
salary increase for elective officials.
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