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the same manner as if they had been originally incorporated in the sched-
ule. Each employee in the Classified Service shall be paid at one of the
rates set forth in the pay plan for the grade or class of positions in which
he is employed. The pay plan shall be used by the Governor in the prepa-
ration and submission of his budget.

1939, ch. 385, sec. 13C.

17. The Salary Standards Board shall formulate rules and regula-
tions for the administration of this Act which shall include provisions for
automatic increases, from minimum to maximum, of the rates established
by the schedule; and such rules shall, after approval by the Governor, have
the force of law in the same manner as other conditions herein prescribed.
Provided, that the rate of pay of any employee, who at the time of the
effective date of this Act is paid at a higher rate than the maximum rate
of the scale prescribed for his class, shall not be reduced by reason of the
establishment of the standard rates of pay prescribed, so long as he remains
the incumbent of the same position and class, but the rate of pay for his
successor in the same position and class shall conform to the rate of pay
prescribed for his position and class.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 14. 1920, ch. 41, sec. 14.

18. The Commissioner shall by rule prescribe standards of perfor-
mance for any positions or classes of positions and may prescribe the form
and scope of the records that the appointing authorities shall keep of the
actual performance, output and conduct of employees as a basis for the
determination of the efficiency of such employees.

The Commissioner shall by rule provide for the transfer of employees,
provided, however, that no employee shall be transferred from a position in
one department to a position in another department without the consent of
the respective appointing authorities, and provided further that no employee
shall be transferred from a position in one class to a position in a different
class whether in the same or in a different department, except under the
provisions of this section.

The transfer of an employee from a position in a given class to a posi-
tion in a different class for which a higher maximum rate of compensation
is prescribed shall be considered a promotion, and, in effect, a new appoint-
ment and may be made only under the provisions governing appointments
herein.

The transfer of an employee against his consent from a position in a
given class to a position in a different class for which a lower maximum
rate of compensation is prescribed shall be considered a demotion and may
be made only under the provisions governing removal and demotion herein.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 15. 1920, ch. 41, sec. 15.

19. An employee may be permanently separated from the classified
service through resignation, rejection on probation or removal, and may be
temporarily separated through layoff, suspension or leave of absence.

The Commissioner shall by rule prescribe what shall constitute resig-
nation.

The appointing authority may at any time before the expiration of a
probation period, prescribed by the rules of the Commissioner which in