
    
      Opinion issued November 21, 1979
    
    F. WILLIAM BROGAN, JR. vs. OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR
    
    (CC-79-229)
    
      Henry C. Bias, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.
    
      
      The Court issued per curiam decisions in accordance with this decision granting awards to claimants who also served as mental hygiene commissioners. The following is a list of those claimants and the awards granted.
      John J. Droppleman .$ 454.25
      John S. Folio.462.50
      R. R. Fredeking, II .11,780.00
      John S. Holy.2,675.00
      Jerald E. Jones.1,120.00
      Michael B. Keller .718.75
      Royce B. Saville .487.50
      James E. Seibert .2,864.00
      Kennad L. Skeen .633.20
      James A. Varner .181.50
      Paul A. Viers.400.00
      
        Jack H. Walters .240.00
      Boyd L. Warner .1,728.00
      Stephen Jon Ahlgren .347.50
      Dennis V. Dibenedetto.600.00
      Grover C. Goode .1,225.00
      John C. Higinbotham.4,300.00
      J. Burton Hunter, III.1,232.70
      Carroll T. Lay.270.00
      Clyde A. Smith, Jr.1,311.00
      Ward D. Stone, Jr.4,025.00
      Charles J. Hyer.1,900.00
      J. P. McMullen, Jr.2,771.33
      Lawrance S. Miller, Jr.1,263.69
      David B. Cross .1,032.50
      Larry N. Sullivan.4,580.00
      Gilbert Gray Coonts.2,300.00
      G. F. Hedges, Jr.690.00
      J. K. Chase, Jr.2,150.00
      John M. “Jack” Thompson, Jr.2,485.00
      Ralph D. Keightley, Jr.1,412.50
      Lawrence B. Lowry.775.00
      Thomas M. Hayes .4,610.00
      Boyd L. Warner.327.00
      W. Del Roy Harner.3,650.00
      Linda Nel'son Garrett.2,216.14
      John B. Breckinridge .200.00
      Stephen A. Davis.2,018.50
      Robert C. Melody.2,350.00
      Robert A. Burnside, Jr.412.00
      David L. Parmer.517.50
      Marvin L. Downing .423.00
    
   PER CURIAM:

Claimant F. William Brogan, Jr., an attorney at law from Weirton, West Virginia, served as Mental Hygiene Commissioner by appointment of the Circuit Court of Hancock County pursuant to the provisions of West Virginia Code, Chapter 27, Article 5. This statute provides for the payment of mental hygiene commissioner fees out of the “mental hygiene fund” by the State Auditor. West Virginia Code §27-5-4(i). Claimant’s fees, in the total amount of $3,957.50, were denied by the respondent because the fund was exhausted.

The factual situation in this claim is identical to that in Richard K. Swartling, et al. v. Office of the State Auditor, issued on November 5, 1979. Accordingly, an award in the amount of $3,957.50 is made to the claimant.

Award of $3,957.50.  