The Governor of the State of Oklahoma shall be designated as chairman ex officio of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The Commissioners shall elect from their body a vice-chairman whose duty it shall be to act as chairman in the absence of the chairman or in case of the failure, neglect, or refusal of the chairman to act. The Secretary of the Land Office shall select for employment all employees as may be deemed necessary and appropriate to properly operate the Land Office, except the General Counsel for the Land Commission who shall be selected by a majority of the Commission. The Commissioners, by a majority vote, may remove the Secretary of the Land Office and the General Counsel of the Land Office. The Secretary may discharge and remove any employee of the Land Office. Added by Laws 1933, c. 91, p. 168, § 13. Amended by Laws 1933, c. 184, p. 406, § 2; Laws 2010, c. 41, § 5, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010. Renumbered from § 3 of this title by Laws 2010, c. 41, § 58, emerg. eff. April 2, 2010.
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