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the commission are, and the personnel director and so forth, I don' t it ' s improper to specify what the commission believes to be the (inaudible) as long as it ' s not inconsistent with state law. And what we have proposed is not consis. . . inconsistent at this time. I might move on to item 4 , that pertains to Article 7; that is , we propose to remove "the designation of primary and secondary responsibilities with respect to the duties of the Personnel Director. The most important duty of the Personnel Director is to administer the personnel program in accordance with. . . civil service law" which is the merit system, "which includes many activities. His duties should, therefore, not be cate- gorized as primary and secondary. " And you' ll notice in Section 7-1.4 , powers and duties and functions of the director in the Charter now, it says that , "The major duties shall be in the areas of equal employment oppor- tunities , personnel development , personnel deployment , personnel relations and personnel welfare" and secondary duties shall be in other things . And the other things is the administration of the civil service system. I believe that my most important duty is to administer the civil service system, the merit system of the state and the County. And that my duties should not be categorized as primary and secondary, and that it is there reflected by our proposal . Again, if you have any questions on this part , I 'd like to attempt to answer them. CUSHNIE: I will ask. . . BETHEA: Yes. CUSHNIE: . . .a question if I may, since the wording of merit system has come up. We have Section 7-1 . 2. I find it unusual to see such subjective wording as "the members" of the commission "shall" be. . . "all be in sympathy with and believe in the principles of the merit system in public employment. " Is that a necessity, and how do you determine whether someone is in agreement with your merit system? LUKE: (Inaudible) answer. I guess you can' t assess that unless you interview the commissioner or respective commissioner before proposing an appointment and get the assurance that they shall be in sympathy with the merit system. So, I really don' t know how to answer that. I. . . if. . . I 'm sorry, I . . . this may also appear in the state law. And I 'm sorry I didn' t research this out . CUSHNIE: I just wondered if you. . .did it have it in the statutes? And if it is an integral part of your requirements for the commission? 363