Sec. 2.

Said commissioner shall have the power to appoint not more than 3 deputy commissioners, who shall have the power and authority to conduct hearings in the several matters submitted to the commissioner for his determination, and to make report of such evidence as may be submitted to them, together with their conclusions and recommendations, to the commissioner for his action, and shall likewise have power and authority to perform such other duties as may be delegated to them by the commissioner. The commission shall have power to appoint a secretary and such clerks, assistants, examiners, and other employes as shall be necessary for the proper exercise of the powers hereby granted. The commissioner, each deputy commissioner and the secretary shall receive such annual salary as shall be appropriated by the legislature, payable in the same manner as are the salaries of other state officials. The salaries of clerks, assistants, examiners and other employes, shall be fixed and determined by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the director of finance. The commissioner, deputies and other employes of the commission shall be entitled to reasonable expenses while traveling in the performance of any of the duties hereby imposed. All salaries and expenses authorized hereunder shall be paid out of the state treasury in the same manner as the salaries of other state officers and employes are paid. Any appropriation made for the Michigan securities commission, or for the secretary of state, insofar as the corporation division thereof is concerned, together with any sums receivable by said Michigan securities commission under any act or acts under which said commission has existed and functioned, or receivable by the secretary of state incident to the operation of the corporation laws of the state of Michigan, shall be paid into the general fund of the state of Michigan. For furnishing photostatic or typewritten or other copies of records or proceedings of the commission or of documents and papers required or permitted by law to be filed with the commission, and for certifying same, the commission shall charge in accordance with a schedule of fees which it shall adopt with the approval of the state administrative board, which schedule of fees may be changed or amended by the commission with the approval of the state administrative board: Provided, however, that a minimum charge of $1.00 shall be made for each certificate.

History: 1935, Act 13, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 228, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 451.2