The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-01-16
HEMINGWAY BILL IS
MEETING WITH FAVOR
Provides For Raising Salaries Of
State Officers to Keep Up With
Living Costs

J state Ohicers to Keep Up With
Living Costs
jackson, Miss, Jan. Is, 1890
State officials are highly pleased 0v-
er. the fact that the first bill propos-
ling an increase Of their. salaries was
introduced by Mr.. Hemingway, Of
Kinds, chairman of the House COM
mittee on appropriations. While the
measure first goes to the committee
on fees and salaries the influence of
the head of the appropriations COM
mittee in behalf of better pay for
the officers will be a very considera-
bic factor, as the liberality shown by
the legislature will largely depend
upon the volume of appropriations
recommended by Chairman Heming-
ways committee
The Hemingway bill fixes the sal
ary of the Governor at $4,000 per
year, with $500 per annum for the
Lieut.-GOvernor and Speaker of the
House. The Governor is also allow
ed 1900 per year for stenogra-
pher.
The salaries Of the six Supreme
Court judges are fixed at $4,000
each, as at present, but a commits
sion is created, composed of members
of the tribunal, to determine what
opinions of the court shall be official
ly reported, and allowing the men,
bers $4,000 per year for this work.
This method of increasing salaries
for the members of the judiciary was
adopted in Missouri and stood the
test of the constitutional prohibition
against increasing or diminishing the
compensation of these officials during
their term of office. The pay of the
reporter of the Supreme Court is
fixed at $500 per year, and the
court is allowed two stenographers
at $1,000 per year, and the reporter
a stenographer with a salary of ST.
200 per year
Pay of other state Off Is is fixed
in the Hemingway bill as follows:
State Tax Commissioner; Chair
man $4,000; two commissioners $3,-
900 each; secretary $2,4OO; clerks
81, 100; stenographer $1,000.
Secretary Of State: Secretary 49,
600; assistant $2,4OO.
State Treasurer: Treasurer, So
600; chief clerk, $2,1OO; bookkeeper.
$500.
Insurance Department: Commits
sioner $4,000; chief deputy $2,100;
clerk and a stenographer 81 800;
clerk $1,000.
Department of Justice: Attorney
General $500 and Is per cent COM
mission on all sums recovered by
suits; first assistant $2,750; second
assistant $2,400; filing clerk 81 500;
two stenographers 1900 each.
Department of Education: Super
intendent $4,500; assistant $4,000;
chief clerk $1,000; additional clerk
81 500; stenographer 81 200.
Auditors Office: Auditor $4,000:
deputy $2,40O; general bookkeeper
81, 100; auditing clerk, $2,100; war
rant clerk $2,1O0 ;revenue clerk, $2,-
100; stenOgrapher $1,000.
Department of Agriculture and
Commerce: Commissioner $4,000; as
sistant $2,4OO; general clerk $2,1OO.
Military Department: Adjutant
General $4,000.
Land Commissioner: Commission
er $4,000; deputy S2,10O; stenogra-
pher 5000.
Department of Archives and His
tory: Director $4,000; assistant ST.
500; stenographer $1,000; janitor
5000.
Geological Department: Geologist
$4,000; soil surveyor $1,000; clerk
$1,000.
Factory Inspection Department:
Inspector $4,000.
State Library: Librarian $2,400;
$1,5OO.
Railroad Commissioner: Three
$4,000 each; secretary
81, 400; rate expert $4,000; stenog-
,apher $1,000.
State Penitentiary: Trustees $3,-
300 each; superintendent $500.
Circuit Judges and ChanceIlors:
The sum of $500 each and actual
expenses incurred in discharge of
heir duties while away from home;
district attorneys $4,000 each.
Legislators: The sum of $1,000
per each regular session and $40 per
lay for extraordinary or called ses-
;ions. This doubled the present conn
,ensation. The mileage allowance re-
mains the same.
Mr.. Hemingway has been giving
he salary question a very painstak-
ng study for several months, and
he amounts he has fixed, it is be-
ieved, will be generally satisfactory.
HONOR ROLL ~
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