KRS 41.060: Assistant treasurer.

(1) The Treasurer shall appoint an assistant and may remove him or her at pleasure. The

assistant shall take the constitutional oath. The assistant may perform any of the

duties of the Treasurer, excepting the signing of checks, and shall perform the duties

of clerk.

(2) If the Treasurer is incapacitated, or is absent from the seat of government, the

assistant shall discharge the duties of the office during the incapacity or absence of

the Treasurer.

(3) The Treasurer and his or her sureties shall be responsibl e on his or her bond for all

the acts and omissions of the assistant.

(4) The salary of the assistant shall be fixed by the Treasurer, subject to the provisions

of KRS Chapter 18A.