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 Lire-
s8m%k Srnftory @4miaefoa,
*'lo&or those fartao th4 qu&rtSra I &.arlrs to
kr4 l44w4r4d ia, ni*$ber br net web wplof4e my
r44oSrr thm full oolnry prmvICII4 by the Apgmpria-
tfon Pill whoa EM is dovot& a p,ortion or her
tdaa to ather dutSe+ fmr a pe'vrte
7 individual.*
&i%o? the date OS yq# (HMe qaatod raqrmt,
yQuJvise4tuB 4 msM 8tb tth*
lweb$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)#$SM of years. That
tbr, werotary worke foe tJw LinoUrk suitaay Cemioa-
ion omlf rhea rho I8 e4qulee41q md Ciat he* wsrk ir
mor4ly )alcClfir.
Wilsthex the aHeota2y urlib*rd in we ad&ad
imfematiem is t&e mo ssoe4tary ii,48 meatfonbd by y4bu
0, anether 4o4, in lytit'ial for the *Wp044o of an a-
pl*iQU*
wqAs roo,@lt & our mu&m&natLoaati roviw at
the affairs of th LiVMWbk Imtf8Tf C!omirtiiOlr
14 find asly ene irpe?Wtt BWLMt “4xo4~lH” to
a ooobSot4ot efbmmmf with thb pr4*isloao of tb
t&a4 ehe wbee "*henever and YsOe*b*ti*s l* Ike
qusced" ) tint she lttonds and records the prcor*d-
irga of Cenmialbo bea$fagr and dew "&eneIyl oo4-
rbta4Sal r*l* tar the CsmJoolon a a dlroist8 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 pri-
rate 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 cab-
serveS&a while in the oFfice was that she a’%&
Wt wo%Jtmen 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 ran-
dared. 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 ahs
rWst d~evote full-time to ths Commferion, or t‘p 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&~ continued 0nd no effcrrt h0a been so&a
riaa
to @cri’@ot it
(the present salary ts at $143.75 per-
oonthf ‘8”
Otrnsiaering your requeet in the lirrht of tU
Audfter’s mpart) we be3 to a&la* as pO$lowq!
g*Qn 10, Secretary, $1,725.00, of the current
l
p~toprfatf0n for the Livestock Sanitary Oommis0ion oS,
TQ$WSis tbic, employment position tavolvsd. This a&pro-
pr@tion io .a part of the SeaoraL deprrtmental ap rOpr!i-
resent bisaaium, a0 osntrined in i. 1@0ta
iX%?ikS’te,s 0 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 Lbgis-
lature 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 Sub-
division o of Subsection (14) declares thet:
"No salary for which an appropriatian fa
made herein shell be paid to any paraon ualaaa
such person aotually discharges assigned d&&es.”
Subdivision a of aubaoetion (14) deolaru:
“All annual salaries ah811 be aid in twalra
(12) aqua1 monthly installmantss ** Pn
Suke-atiem (7) of the ganaral previaib~ ffxea
,offica ho-8 88 iollewa:
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 lxamae a palst ef tha am-
ployeoa 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$rR a#& t&e
dut i es of the uployao in respeot to a&visa,
Aa wa construa tha sitUati4n tht&a resented,
we are nat dosling with a case whara the up f eyee is
praaart ror tha performance of her duties to the State
for the full tfma contemplafcd by tk nquirUamt8 abma
qaa$ad, havfn(l ~4 other axfstfng contract fol ea loy-
marL for aanfea during the Bane hbura> but am t t:e 4aa+
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sb~ur uritta(i th0 BF f-1 mrt or the above
opimion, this orrioo lmr been a“iirkssd tht the employ-
fwzt ar th6 Searotaq or thr Board, ha been 0bm@ 60
oa*-lul? tiM iutcad or a rrtlhtm buir. T&&B prm-
86uta 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 liSst in
ita halr-tim ampleymmt by tk Bctad and
tha tull&ime Yrployuant by the #a’i’?ate law f&m U-
bmeb 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 lry whea, durlq the ease
pbreioti, she ir aployrd by, a private firm rfw,r
mbMhlattar 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 half-
time basis, if during the same period, she is
iilr6~ime aployod by tb private rfra upen a rdb
time baais,