41.060 Assistant treasurer. The Treasurer shall appoint an assistant and may remove him at pleasure. The assistant may perform any of the duties of the Treasurer, excepting the signing of checks, and shall perform the duties of clerk. If the Treasurer is disabled by sickness, or if he absents himself from the seat of government, he shall notify the Governor in writing of the facts, and recommend his assistant or some other person to discharge the duties of the office during his sickness or absence. If the Governor approves the recommendation he shall enter his approval on the executive journal, after which the assistant or other person may perform all the duties of the Treasurer until he is restored to health or returns to the seat of government. The Treasurer and his sureties shall be responsible on his bond for all the acts and omissions of the assistant. The salary of the assistant shall be fixed by the Treasurer, subject to the provisions of KRS 12.050, 12.060, 18A.020, 18A.095 to 18A.110, 18A.120 to 18A.165, 18A.180 and 18A.185. Effective: July 15, 1982 History: Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 448, sec. 59, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 210, sec. 4. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 45. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 4682, 4683.