Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1911 — KNOX TO GET RAISE [ARTICLE]

KNOX TO GET RAISE

Secretary of State Will Receive Annual Salary of $12,000. Washington, Feb. 17. Beginning July 1 next, the salary of the secretary of state will be $12,000 a year instead of SB,OOO as at present. The increase is authorized in a senate amendment to the legislative bill concurred in by the house. Two years ago the question, was raised that the secretary was barred from enjoying the increase because he was a member of the senate when the law was passed raising the salaries of the cabinet members to $12,000 a year. As the legislative bill ; will not become effective until July 1 next the bar against Mr. Knox is thus raised by the lapse of time.