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administration of this Article, within the limits of the amounts appropriated
therefor by the General Assembly in the Budget Bill.

The employees of the Commissioner, excluding his Secretary, shall be
included in the classified service, provided, however, that within three
months from October 1, 1920, the Commissioner may select his employees
in any way he sees fit in order to begin work under this Article promptly.

The Commissioner shall make an annual report on or before January
1st in each year to the Governor concerning his work and proceedings and
shall include therein any recommendations he deems advisable in regard
to conditions in service of the State—classified and unclassified. All rules
of the Commissioners shall be open to public inspection at the office of the
Commissioner.

1920, ch. 41, sec. 4.

4. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to carry out the provisions
of this Article, and to make, with the approval of the Governor, such rules
as he deems necessary or proper to that end. Such rules may, with the
approval of the Governor, be abolished, added to, changed or amended,
and all such rules shall have the force and effect of law.

1920, ch. 41, sec. 5.

5. It shall be the duty of all officers and employees of this State, at
the request of the Commissioner, to aid the Commissioner in all proper
ways in carrying out the provisions of this Article; and of the rules made
under it; such duties to be performed without extra compensation and
as a part of the public duties of such persons.

It shall also be the duty of all officers and employees of this State and
of the several counties and municipalities thereof to allow the reasonable
use of public buildings and rooms, and to heat and light the same for the
holding of any examinations or investigations provided for in this Article,
and in all proper ways to facilitate the work of the Commissioner.

1920, ch. 41, sec. 6.

6. The Commissioner shall investigate the enforcement and effect of
this Article and of the rules made pursuant hereto, the conduct of the
classified service employees, the methods of administration and the nature,
tenure and compensation of all positions in said service. He shall investi-
gate the efficiency of all classified service employees, and shall communicate
to the respective appointing authorities from time to time his findings
with recommendations for increased efficiency and economy. The Commis-
sioner, in his annual report to the Governor, shall state the number of em-
ployees below a fair standard of efficiency, in each office, board, department,
commission or institution, and the salary of each such employee.

In the course of any investigation or hearing under the provisions of this
Article, the Commissioner and any person or board appointed by the Com-
missioner to make any investigation or to conduct any hearing, may admin-
ister oaths and shall have power to secure by subpoena the attendance and
testimony of witnesses, and the production of books, papers and other