THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 585

a term of six years and until his successor is appointed and
qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for
the unexpired term. The Governor may remove the Com-
missioner for official misconduct, incompetency, or neglect
of duty. The Commissioner shall receive a salary [of Seven
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7, 500)] as provided in
the Budget.

The Commissioner shall appoint a Secretary who shall
perform such duties as the Commissioner may prescribe,
and who shall receive the salary appropriated in the Budget
Bill. The Commissioner may appoint his employees and
may incure expenses for office rent, printing, advertising,
stationery, salaries of employees and other expenses inci-
dental to the 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 Secre-
tary shall be included in the classified service.

The Commissioner shall make an annual report on or be-
fore 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 condi-
tions in service of the State-classified and unclassified. All
rules of the Commissioner shall be open to public inspection
at the off ice of the Commissioner.

Wherever in this Article the word "Commissioner" ap-
pears, it shall be deemed to mean and shall refer to the State
Commissioner of Personnel; and wherever in this Code the
words "State Employment Commissioner" or "Commis-
sioner of State Employment and Registration" appear,
they shall be deemed to mean and shall refer to the State
Commissioner of Personnel.

17.

(g). If, after advertising as provided by law for an ap-
plicant for a job requiring technical, professional or ad-
ministrative skills, no qualified applications are received,
a person may be appointed to the job subject to a qualifica-
tion test only, and not to a competitive examination.

21.

(a) The Commissioner shall prepare a list of eligibles
consisting of the names of persons whose general average
and whose marks on any part of the examination exceed