Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 71-78, (1978)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided October 3, 1978Published
1Opinion of the Court
KEN BUKOWSKI, Corporation Counsel Brown County
You request my opinion concerning sec. 59.72, Stats., as amended by ch. 265, Laws of 1977, relating to county auditor positions. Your specific questions are:
"1. Is new Sec. 59.72 a legislative authorization for a transfer of duties from the county clerk to the new position of county auditor'?
"2. If new Sec. 59.72 does authorize a transfer of duties from the office of county clerk to the office of county auditor, what specific duties are transferred to the county auditor?"
The answer to your first question is yes.
Section 59.025 (3), Stats., grants…