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PEO. EX REL. COONS v. HOWLETT

No. 39233.

33 Ill.2d 304 (1965)

211 N.E.2d 241

THE PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN E. COONS, Petitioner, v. MICHAEL J. HOWLETT, Auditor of Public Accounts, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 18, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN E. COONS, of Deerfield, pro se.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD A. MICHAEL and JOHN J. O'TOOQE, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for respondents.

Writ denied.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

By an original mandamus proceeding in this court John E. Coons, a taxpayer, seeks to prevent the payment of a salary greater than $6,000 per annum to members of the 74th General Assembly for the two-year period for which they were elected.

The governing statute in force in 1963 provided for compensation at that rate. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 63, par. 14.) On June...

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