Dole out committee chairmanships, with lucrative lulus, or salary supplements, to keep legislators in line.

In Los Angeles, meanwhile, voters approved a charter amendment ending honorariums for city officials and replacing backdoor salary supplements with a substantial pay raise.

Asked about Western aid to scientists, Mr. Kuznetsov said more than 100 of the staff had received Soros Foundation grants as salary supplements.

They said it was not unusual for companies seeking protection to pay transportation costs and salary supplements for troops living outside their barracks.

Galen Hall, the football coach, left after he admitted having improperly paid two assistant coaches in secret salary supplements.

She also proposed other reforms that would end the secrecy of party conferences and curb the salary supplements known as "lulus."

Only weeks earlier, the Florida football coach was forced to resign after disclosures that he had improperly paid two assistants $22,000 in secret salary supplements.

The council have agreed a 10 % salary supplement for staff with language skills'(*).

He added that his salary supplement does not present a conflict because the amount that he receives is not controlled by the Law School Foundation.

But the commission said the present practice of permitting honoraria as a salary supplement was eroding public confidence in government.