No money shall be paid out of the State Treasury in payment of the salary or compensation of the clerk or secretary of any commission connected with the State Government, or for any clerical work done, performed, or rendered to such commission except in pursuance of a direct and explicit appropriation by law to pay for such service; and the State Controller is hereby prohibited from drawing his or her warrant in payment of such salary or compensation unless authorized by a law making an explicit appropriation for that purpose.
[1911 C&P § 396; RL § 6661; NCL § 10348]