Opn. No.

HON. RAYMOND L. SCIARRINO District Attorney, Livingston County

This is in reply to your letter requesting the opinion of the Attorney General with respect to the following matter. You state that in your capacity as District Attorney of Livingston County you have commenced an investigation of a particular matter after having been petitioned to do so by several hundred residents of the County. You further state that, since your office does not have an investigator, you orally contracted for the services of a retired State Police investigator, who was to be paid at the rate of six dollars per…