State ex rel. West v. Gray

I think Chapter 28,115, Acts of 1953 raised the salary of the Governor from $12,000’ to $15,000 per annum. This matter was, in my opinion, settled in the cases of State ex rel. Williams v. Lee, 121 Fla. 815, 164 So. 536, State ex rel. Williams v. S. Lee, 140 Fla. 380, 191 So. 697, and State ex rel. Knott v. Lee, 144 Fla. 164, 197 So. 681. For a period of more than thirteen years, and .seven sessions of the legislature the people' and' the law-makers have *498relied upon these ruling's. _ Section 5, Article HI of the ■ Constitution, ,F.S.A., provides that “No Senator or member of the House of,…