Mich. Comp. Laws § 12.21

Sec. 1. The state treasurer shall have power to appoint a cashier, a bookkeeper, an assistant bookkeeper, a chief clerk and a securities clerk, who shall each perform such respective duties as the state treasurer may direct and require and who shall receive such salaries as shall be fixed by the state legislature. Said salaries shall be paid out of the general fund in the state treasury in the same manner as are the salaries of other employes of the state.