Court Opinion

ID: 9864922
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 16:16:58.261042+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:32:41.014010
License: Public Domain

On Rehearing.

Counsel for the board call our attention to the fact that Watson’s vouchers, approved by the board, were for “clerical assistance.” This is correct; but it is also a fact that C. L. 1921, section 7940, uses the words, “deputies and assistants.” Counsel then proceeds to argue that the word “assistance” implies temporary employment. But the word itself contains no such limitation, and it would seem to be exceedingly plain that an assistant or helper in almost any work imaginable might be employed either temporarily or for a longer period, within statutory limitations. The reason why we re*18garded it not as a monthly employment, hut for a two-year term, and the facts which constituted a ratification by the hoard, are all fully explained in the opinion. Petition for rehearing denied.