Authority to remove employees; exceptions.

The Governor is authorized and empowered to remove from office and discharge from employment, with or without cause, any person who holds office or employment in any of the state executive departments and agencies by virtue of appointment by the incumbent Governor or any preceding Governor, except those employees subject to the Merit System provisions.

(Acts 1939, No. 8, p. 4, § 1; Code 1940, T. 55, §180.)