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a Commissioner upon any such investigation, inquiry or hear-
ing undertaken and held by him shall not become and be
effective until approved and confirmed by the Commission
itself, and ordered by the Commission to be filed in its office;
and upon such confirmation and order by the Commission,
such decision shall be and be deemed to be the decision and
order of the Commission.

PAYMENT OF SALARIES.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the salaries of the
Commissioners, the General Counsel of the Commission, the
assistant to the General Counsel, the stenographer to the
General Counsel and the Secretary to the Commission, shall
be paid monthly by the State Treasurer upon the warrant of
the Comptroller of the Treasury, out of the funds provided
therefor. The Commissioners, General Counsel to the Com-
mission and his assistant, the stenographer to the General
Counsel, the Secretary of the Commission and its officers and
clerks, inspectors, experts and other employees shall have
reimbursed to them, by the State Treasurer, upon the warrant
of the Comptroller, all actual and necessary traveling and
other expenses and disbursements incurred or made by them
in the discharge of their official duties. The salaries OF com-
pensation of all other officers, clerks, inspectors, members and
employees of the Commission, and all persons appointed by the
General Counsel to the Commission, shall be fixed by the
Commission, subject to the written approval in every case of
the Governor.

The sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) annually,
or so much thereof as may be necessary annually for the main-
tenance of said Commission and the payment of the salaries of
the Commissioners, the General Counsel, Assistant Counsel,
Secretary, stenographer, clerks, inspectors and all other em-
ployees whatsoever of the Commission, and for investigations
and hearings and all its necessary and incidental expenses, is
hereby appropriated, and shall be payable on the order or
orders of said Commission, drawn upon the Comptroller at
monthly intervals and at such other times as the Commission
may deem necessary, and upon such order or orders of the
Commission, the Comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the
Treasurer of the State, at the end of each month, and at such
other times as the Commission may deem necessary, as afore-
said, for such amounts as the said Commission may certify to
be due and payable for all the said salaries, costs and expenses
of the said Commission as aforesaid, not exceeding, however,
the amount herein appropriated therefor.