Section 23-1-33
Official records of department; appointment of assistants and personnel.
The State Department of Transportation shall keep an official record of all its acts and doings. The Director of Transportation shall, under provisions of the Merit System, appoint such assistants and personnel as may be necessary for the proper carrying on of the work of the State Department of Transportation. The compensation of such assistants and personnel shall be paid out of the state highway funds.
(Code 1923, §1311; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348; Acts 1931, No. 10, p. 7; Code 1940, T. 23, §9.)