State Ex Rel. Ruoff v. Rosellini

House Bill No. 698 of the Thirty-Sixth session of the legislature of the state of Washington was enacted and became Laws of 1959, chapter 316, § 1, p. 1512. Its purpose was to amend the Laws of 1949, chapter 48, § 1, p. 106 [cf. RCW 43.03.010] by raising the salaries of the elective state officials. Laws of 1959, chapter 316, supra, which is the subject of the instant declaratory-judgment action, reads:

“The annual salaries of the following named state elected officials shall be: [Governor, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars;] lieutenant governor, seven thousand dollars; secretary of…