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Dear Representative Smith:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to appointment by the Mayor of the Town of Erath of an administrative assistant, and appointment by the Board of Aldermen of a Superintendent of Public Works. The Board of Aldermen has neither approved an allocation in the budget to pay for the salary of the administrative assistant nor has his duties been defined. The administrative assistant would only be answerable to the Mayor. In this regard you ask as follows:

Does the Mayor of the Town of Erath have the authority to…