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Dear Chief Doyle:

We are in receipt of your request for an Attorney General's opinion regarding the salary of elected officials in the City of Harahan. We will restate the facts that are presented in your letter and attached documents.

Since 1984 through 1993, elected officials have been issued expense checks from the City of Harahan. These expense checks were issued without benefit of any receipts or vouchers being turned in by the officials. When the City Clerk was informed that this practice was unacceptable, the clerk began adding the monthly expense amounts into the salary of the…