Section 27. Appointment of secretaries of finance and ways and means committees

The committee on finance of the senate and the committee  on
  ways  and  means  of  the assembly shall serve throughout the year, with
  power to make, through the chairman  of  the  respective  committees  or
  through  sub-committees  appointed  by  them,  such investigation of the
  various activities of the state as will aid them in their  consideration
  of  the budget submitted by the executive and any further appropriations
  proposed to the legislature. The temporary president of the senate shall
  appoint a secretary for the senate finance committee and the speaker  of
  the  assembly  shall appoint a secretary for the assembly ways and means
  committee. Each appointment  shall  be  evidenced  by  certificate  duly
  executed  by the officer making the appointment, and filed in the office
  of the secretary of state. Such  secretaries  shall  hold  office  until
  their successors are appointed.