Subject to legislative appropriation, a division superintendent may, in cases of emergency, employ suitable assistants to aid a water commissioner in the discharge of his duties. Assistants shall take the same oath as the water commissioner, shall obey his instructions, and each shall be compensated in an amount approved by the superintendent. The term of service of assistant commissioners may be terminated at any time by the water commissioner or the division superintendent, and shall in no event continue after the emergency has ceased to exist.
W.S. 41-3-611