The department of motor vehicles shall be directed by an executive officer to be designated as the commissioner of motor vehicles, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of four years. The first appointment made hereunder shall be for a four-year term to commence on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred fifty-one. The commissioner shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office.
W. Va. Code § 17A-2-2