Connecticut § 4-1 - Appointed officers; term; compensation and expenses.
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§ 4-1. Appointed officers; term; compensation and expenses.
Sec. 4-1. Appointed officers; term; compensation and expenses. Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, each person appointed or nominated for appointment by the Governor, with or without the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either house thereof, and each person appointed or elected by the General Assembly or either house thereof, shall be sworn and shall hold office for the term prescribed by law and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Such persons shall receive no compensation for services unless the same is prescribed by law, but shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(1949 Rev., S. 260.)
See Sec. 4-16 re payment of expenses by state.
See Sec. 4-40 re determination of salaries not prescribed by law.
Section is effective amendment of statutes not specifically providing for extension of term in case of failure of appointment of successor, and incumbent will hold over de jure. 133 C. 40. See 133 C. 50. Can be interpreted only as effective to fix a term of office ab initio. 135 C. 639. Is a remedial statute which should receive as liberal a construction as can reasonably be given to effectuate its beneficial purpose. 136 C. 312. The term of office of a municipal court judge is “otherwise specifically provided by law” by the twentieth amendment; doubtful that statute was intended to apply to judicial offices. 138 C. 153. Cited. 200 C. 91.
Declaratory judgment not appropriate to try title to office. 13 CS 430. Where General Assembly did not appoint a county commissioner, the incumbent held over and an interim appointment was invalid. 14 CS 225.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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