The director of a department or the head of any other agency of the state shall appoint such assistants and other subordinates as he or she may deem necessary within the amounts appropriated therefor and shall fix their respective salaries.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 36-6-4
Subordinates in state agencies
P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 232; G.L. 1956, § 36-6-4.
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