ABE, Justice.
In spite of the voluminous transcript, the relevant facts of this case are very simple. It is uncontroverted that on August 21, 1959, when Hawaii became a state, Joe C. Harper occupied the position of warden of the Hawaii prison system. The record shows that in February 1961, Ray Belnap was hired under a contract to head the corrections division of the Department of Social Services. Though Belnap occupied a newly created position, he essentially assumed...
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