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Instruction on Fixing Salaries for Governor and Officials
The message discusses an act to fix salaries for the Governor, Captain-General, and Lieutenant-Governors, and seeks whether the 1720 and 1716 instructions are complied with. It urges an explanatory act conforming to those instructions to affirm Four Percent interest as part of the salary, ensuring funds flow to the Treasury and avoid disallowance. The House of Representatives replies with a message dated October 24.
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