The Mayor of the District of Columbia may appoint, on the like recommendation of the Director of the Department of Human Services, a reasonable number of clerks, but no greater number shall be appointed, and no more persons shall be employed under said Director of the Department of Human Services, than the public interests demand and the appropriation shall justify.
D.C. Code § 7-106
Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101.