Dear Mrl, L4rslrth41: 
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%cw4vex, a psrtloa of bsr tim4 is devoted 

to eocrotarlal work for a law firm in whioh oh4 

maintain her oiiSc4 as secretory of the Lires8m%k Srnftory @4miaefoa, 

*'lo&or those fartao th4 qu&rtSra I &.arlrs to 

kr4 l 44w4r4d ia, ni*$ber br net web wplof4e my 

r44oSrr thm full oolnry prmvICII4 by the Apgmpriatfon Pill whoa EM is dovot& 

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a p,ortion or her 

tdaa to ather dutSe+ fmr a pe'vrte individual.* 

&i%o? the date OS yq# (HMe qaatod raqrmt, 

yQuJvise4tuB 4 msM 8 tb t th* l web$mly to the 

4:~~~~.~~n~:'n'3~rnlen we8 mm r&loW by a law 

, 6n a full-t2rwl baefs, and haa born 

working for the rirm roe a lager p)#$SM of years. That 

tbr, werotary worke foe tJw LinoUrk suitaay Cemioaion omlf rhea rho I8 e4qulee41q md Ciat he* wsrk ir 

mor4ly )alcClfir. 

Wilsthex the aHeota2y urlib*rd in we ad&ad 

imfematiem is t&e mo ssoe4tary ii,48 meatfonbd by y4bu 

0, anether 4o4, in lytit'ial for the *Wp044o of an apl*iQU* 

wqAs roo,@lt & our mu&m&natLoa ati roviw at 

the affairs of th LiVMWbk Imtf8Tf C!omirtiiOlr 

14 find asly ene irpe?Wtt BWLMt “4xo4~lH” to 

a ooobSot4ot efbmmmf with thb pr4*isloao of tb 

t&a4 ehe wbee "*henever and YsOe*b*ti*s l* Ike 

qusced" ) tint she l ttonds and records the prcor*dirga of Cenmialbo bea$fagr and dew "&eneIyl oo4- 

rbta4Sal r*l* tar the CsmJoolon a a d l roist8 w#i 

oth4l w4x-k of thr ofrice when necesoary.w % fur 

ale So statf4aod in (and listed on thr doe? d) au 
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r4joinfng office as the regular ssoretary of a prirate law f$m, of which one of the C6maissioners 

$s a meshes. (Hr. Wrdlew) 

“~Subseotion 15a T,L” the General Provisions of 

the Departme&al AppMpriatfon Act reads in port 6s 

~0110W5: 

*I***. the head of any *.. Oomission ..* 

may we Dart-t&me ,employeea to fill any posf- 

**$t i5 our opinfon that working oaLy ‘wh0n 

ai~aarssa~~ does not qualily for tha above a~tiW 

timed *ll-time salary, arspecially sime 0ux cabserveS&a while in the oFfice was that she a’%& 

Wt wo%Jt men hslf-tima fox the Ooimiast.0~. 

“,@fn this criticMu we do not mean to imply 

that t&b 0mployee’s services are not entirely 

utisbeotaT.v - to the 0xtent thsy ha?0 been randared. In faot it is evident that in former yeor 

the qnrrmtity as well a0 t&0 quality of her rrcgrk 

wlw ma.e1mLt e We do hola, however, that if ch0 

to MM to be paid the full appTOprieted aala 

‘p 

ahs 

rWst d~evote full-time to ths Commferion, or t alrr 

Ss t0 dontinuue as part-tine, her salary west b0 

on% et Mast in half. ’ 

%3ax survey during this audit shows that %,a48 

prs10$1&~ riaa continued 0nd no effcrrt h0a been so&a 

to @cri’@ot it (the present salary ts at $143.75 peroonthf ‘8” 

Otrnsiaering your requeet in the lirrht of tU 

Audfter’s mpart) we be3 to a&la* as pO$lowq! 

g*Qn 10, Secretary, $1,725.00, of the current l p~toprfatf0n for the Livestock Sanitary Oommis0ion oS, 

TQ$WS is tbic, employment position tavolvsd. This a&propr@tion io .a part of the SeaoraL deprrtmental ap rOpr!iresent bisaaium, a0 osntrined in 1@0ta 

iX%?ikS’te,s 0 

i. 

3’78 of th6 Abtui of the 49th Le(tlal0- 

tqre et its reg;ular aessiou. 

Smate Bill Ycsn 3234, Ohd 3562 by the Sam0 Lbgislature prolfdes that: 
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Honorable By Lovsnthal - Pye 4 

“The aalariea of all state officers and all 

State uaplayaoa, exeapt those aamtit(ktio~l State 

officara ~nkaao aolariaa a.ro spaeiffcal~y firad by 

the Constitution, and axcaPt the aalarias ot tha 

Distriat s&go8 and ether aorpanaatiam @i B&strict 

Judgaa shall be, for the period b ianimg Weamber 

1, 1946, mad ~endiag August 31, 102, in awi tama 

or amouata as may be proviasl by tha Lag.;ialaaare in 

the gansa?al appropriation bills **** 

The general rider appondad ta the bill In Subdivision o of Subsection (14) declares thet: 

made 

such 

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Suke-atiem (7) of the ganaral previaib~ ffxea 

,offica ho-8 88 iollewa: 

"No salary for which an appropriatian fa 

herein shell be paid to any paraon ualaaa 

person aotually discharges assigned d&&es.” 

Subdivision a of aubaoetion (14) deolaru: 

“All annual salaries ah811 be 

aqua1 monthly installmantss P 

aid in twalra 

** n 

WBxaapting harefrom sumdays and State legal 

holidaya, office hours of State dapartmanta ahall 

be from 8:OG o'clock A. 11. to 5:OO o"alook P, Mr 

with oha hour off at noon; provided, however. that 

all dapastaents shall be allowed to olose at noon 

on Sattrrdays; and provided further that if tha 

haad 4f any depaHxaent determin4s it is neooaaary 

to hap suoh departmant opan an SataMy aftSSWmn8 

ha shall be autherized to l xamae a palst ef tha amployeoa ai such dapartment at no411 08 Saturday@, 

and tmt Saturday afternoOn shall na% ba ooaatrYI& 

to ba a part of tiw tralva days@ vaaatlam pmtdul 

ror by le,u.fl 

Wo q\aote tbme statutes and proviafoha ior QLo 

par ems of &awing tM mature of tha rplsym$rR a#& t&e 

dut i es of the uployao in respeot to a&visa, 

Aa wa construa tha sitUati4n tht&a 

f 

resented, 

we are nat dosling with a case whara the up eyee is 

praaart ror tha performance of her duties to the State 

for the full tfma contemplafcd by tk nquirUamt8 abma 

qaa$ad, havfn(l ~4 other axfstfng contract fol ea loymarL for aanfea during the Bane hbura> but am t t: e 4aa+ 
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sb~ur uritta(i th0 BF 

“ii 

f-1 mrt or the above 

opimion, this orrioo lmr been a rkssd tht the employfwzt ar th6 Searotaq or thr Board, ha been 0bm@ 60 

oa*-lul? tiM iutcad or a rrtlhtm buir. T&&B prm86uta the rarthm question or skrther 8wh e~h8sga e

time, or senioe worka a Ghan&r in our oonolurfrU# rbsre. 

amuowma. cwiously, ii the rwretarg $0 yet 631 $48 

ramtdvr apleymnt or the rim or Attorwp, the na- 

;“uJ gmpg ul ror the abere nr2ing still l iSst in 

ita halr-tim ampleymmt by tk Bctad and 

tha tull&ime Yrployuant by the #a’i’?ate law f&m Ubmeb 8 eonetmmt rrplsyment 0r the seor4taap, ati this 

we koo ruled e8mnot be perPitted. 

The law quortion )BS& by this lart rrygartioa 

of itar-tir0 aa)leyment ia ml* ofbr in law tim t&e 

@no )ruoleuly aurrr*l. 

livmf&m: 1. Thr rwntary 6r tha Lirortack 

&s&Bar7 @&amisriaea M l@)yd on 8 iuli-tm basir 

may aot be paid her 81 r l ry whea, durlq the ease 

pbreioti, she ir aployrd by, a private firm rfw,r 

mbMh lattar daploym~& is inoolpatible with tl@P 

atat amploymemt. lurrh prMtlo0 is aomtnery to 

public polioy and imimieal to the pLllli@ in%Wrart, 

8, The 8-a haLdi% applies oven the-h the 

searetaq to the Beard iii employed upon a halftime basis, if during the same period, she is 

iilr6~ime aployod by tb private rfra upen a rdb 

time baais,