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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 whoaEM is dovot&7 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 

### msM8 tbt 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)#$SMof 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*

wqAsroo,@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 andYsOe*b*ti*s l* Ike qusced" ) 

### tint she l ttonds and records the prcor*dirga of Cenmialbo 

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r4joinfng office as the regular ssoretary of a prirate lawf$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 ..* maywe Dart-t&me ,employeea to fill any posf-

**$ti5 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%Jtmen hslf-tima fox the Ooimiast.0~.

“,@fn this criticMu we do not meanto 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 MMto 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. ’ %3axsurvey 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 $143.75 peroonthf ‘8” Otrnsiaering your requeet in the lirrht of tU Audfter’s mpart) webe3 to a&la* as pO$lowq!

g*Qn 10, Secretary, $1,725.00, of the current 

# l p~toprfatf0n for the Livestock Sanitary Oommis0ion oS, TQ$WSis 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. 3’78of th6 Abtuiof the 49th Le(tlal0- tqre et its reg;ular aessiou.

Smate Bill Ycsn3234,Ohd3562by the Sam0Lbgislature prolfdes that:‘/

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.rospaeiffcal~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** ~endiagAugust 31, 102, in awi tama or amouata as maybe 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

(12) 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 

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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 xamaea 

### palst ef tha amployeoa ai such dapartment at no41108 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 es i of the uployao in respeot to a&visa,

Aawa construa tha sitUati4n tht&afresented, we are nat dosling with a case whara the up eyee is praaart ror tha performance of her duties to the State 

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### 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 

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