Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-06
OFFICE HIGH; SALARY LOW.
Little Pay tho Rule With the Lieuten'
ant Governors of Most States.

ant Governors of Most States.
The lieutenant governor Of Missouri
resigned recently under suspicion OF
boodling. The lieutenant governor OF
Missouri receives $1,000 a year for his
services and 81 day additional dur
ing the period when the legislature Is
in session. But as the session is lin
tied to seventy days the maximum
compensation Of the lieutenant gov
ernor is $1,490 year.
The lieutenant governor Of Iowa re-
ceives s1,1O0 a year for his services,
and he gets it only in the alternate
years when the legislature meets. AS
he is elected for two years he practi-
cally receives $3.50 year-the salary
of New York city clerk.
The lieutenant governor Of Mis-
sissippi is paid even less. He gets
$500 a year, except when there Is a
special session of the legislature at
Jackson, when he Is paid SO day ex-
ira. Such special sessions in Missis-
sippi are rare, and they don't last
long.
The lieutenant governor Of Arkan-
sas gets no regular salary. He Is en-
ployed 80 to speak, on the waiting
list, receiving SO day as compensa-
ton for those days in which he actual
ly works! The constitution Of Ar
kansas limits the session Of the leg
islature to sixty days, 80 the pay OF
the lieutenant governor cannot be
more than 5000, but he is docked $40
for each day he is absent from Little
Rock.
The lieutenant governor Of Califor-
MIA receives the same pay as the lieu
tenant governor Of Arkansas, but as
a special concession he gets SO day
while the legislature is in session
whether or not he is in attendance.
Georgia has no lieutenant governor.
Neither has Florida.
The lieutenant governor Of Alabama
receives s1,S0O a year; Of Louisiana
s1,5OO; Of Indiana $1,000; Of Kansas
s7OO and Sc a day additional during
the session of the legislature, which
meets once in two years for fifty days.
The lieutenant governor Of Ohio,
who holds also the post Of land officer,
receives $500; the lieutenant governor
of Nebraska, $500; of Rhode island
$500, and of South Carolina $4o0.
The lieutenant governor Of Texas
gets IS a day when the legislature Is
in session, and Of Michigan SO.
The lieutenant governor Of illinois
receives $1,000 and Of Delaware IS a
day-limited to $500 a year, if he pre-
sides over the Dover senate for six
ty days.
The lieutenant governor Of Connec-
ticut gets $500; of Maine s1,500; of
Nevada $1,000, and of North Carolina,
Sc day during the session Of the leg
islature.
There are no lieutenant governors
Of Oregon, New Jersey, New Hamp-
shire, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia
and Washington.
The lieutenant governor Of Wyo-
ming acts also as secretary Of state
and gets $4,000 a year for performing
the duties Of both offices.
The lieutenant governor of Vermont
gets Sc q. day during the session Of the
legislature and 60 per cent. Of the
fees paid to the insurance commits
sioner.
There is no lieutenant governor of
Maryland. The lieutenant governor of
North Dakota receives $1,000 a year,
Of South Dakota SO day during the
session of the legislature, limited to
sixty days, and Of Virginia $500.
The only states which pay their
lieutenant governors we'll are New
York and Pennsylvania, which pay
$5, 900 a year. The lieutenant govern.
or of Massachusetts receives $4,000 a
year.-Chicago News.