30 - Executive department.

§ 30. Executive  department.   There shall continue to be in the state  government an executive department. The head of the executive department  shall be the governor. The governor may appoint  such  subordinates  and  employees  as  may  be  necessary for the exercise of his powers and the  performance of his duties as head of the executive department,  and  may  prescribe  their  duties  and  fix their compensation within the amounts  appropriated therefor.