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Dear Mr. Duver:

You apprise this office in correspondence of recent date that you have held employment with the Plaquemines Parish government for the past thirty-one years. Since 1991, you have also served as constable for the Sixth Judicial Court of Plaquemines Parish. Subsequent to your reelection as constable, the Plaquemines Parish governing authority has adopted a civil service commission, and you have been advised that once the system is in effect you will be in violation of local civil service rules and regulations if you continue to hold public office while retaining parish employment.

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