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Dear Mayor Michel:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to the hiring and firing of the Chief of Police. You indicate that the Town of Marksville is governed by a Special Charter, and you find nothing in the Town Charter or Ordinances as to who has the authority to hire and/or fire the Chief of Police. Accordingly, you ask who is the proper official for the Town of Marksville to hire and/or fire the Town's non-elected Chief of Police.

In a long line of opinions this office has recognized that the statutes for Lawrason Act communities do not…