SECTION 3. Said original sections 243, 321, 496, 710-6, 840, 1170, (enacted as section 93 of an act entitled "An Act to create the agricultural commission of Ohio and to prescribe its organization", etc., approved May 3, 1913, (103 Ohio Laws 323)), 1170, (enacted as section 1 of an act entitled "An Act to create a board of control for the Ohio agricultural experiment station", etc., approved April 8, 1915, (106 Ohio Laws, 122)), 1171, 1172, (enacted as section 95 of an act entitled "An Act to create the agricultural commission of Ohio and to prescribe its organization", etc., approved May 3, 1913 (103 Ohio Laws, 324)), 1172, (enacted as section 7 of an act entitled "An Act to create a board of control for Ohio agricultural experiment station", etc., approved April 8, 1915, (106 Ohio Laws, 123)), 1173, (enacted as section 96 of an act entitled "An Act to create the agricultural commission of Ohio and to prescribe its organization", etc., approved May 3, 1913, (103 Ohio Laws, 324)), 1173, (enacted as section 8 of an act entitled "An Act to create a board of control for the Ohio agricultural experiment station", etc., approved April 8, 1915, (106 Ohio Laws, 123)), 1178, 1233, 1261-2, 1807, 1857, 1931-1, 2248, 2250, 2288-1 as enacted by the act approved March 29, 1917 (107 O.L. 457), 2312, 2313 and 7939 of the General Code, and sections 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 196-1, 196-2, 196-3, 196-16, 196-18, 199, 242-1, 242-2, 270-1, 270-4, 270-5, 367-3, 367-4, 403-1, 406, 408, 409, 498, 615, 616, 618, 619, 620, 674, 675, 744-14, 744-15, 744-16, 744-17, 744-19, 744-20, 744-23, 746, 747, 752, 788, 789, 790, 791, 798-2, 798-4, 708-8, 799, 800, 801, 820, 821, 822, 823, 842, 844, 845, 848, 871-46, 871-47, 905, 982, 1079, 1079-1, 1080, 1081, 1083, 1084, 1087, 1087-2, 1088, 1089, 1089-1, 1099, 1123, 1171-2, 1171-3, 1177-22, 1177-23, 1177-24, 1177-25, 1179, 1180, 1183, 1232-1, 1233-1, 1236-2, 1261-1, 1440, 1465-8, 1465-43, 1808, 1809, 1833, 1834, 1836, 1837, 1841-7, 1861 and 5227 of the General Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. Every officer and employe in the classified civil service of the state civil service at the time this act takes effect shall be assigned to a position in the proper department created by this act, and, so far as possible, to duties equivalent to his former office or employment; and such officers and employes shall be employes of the state in the classified civil service of the state of the same standing, grade and privileges which they respectively had in the office, board, department, commission or institution from which they were transferred, subject, however, to existing and future civil service laws. This section shall not be construed to require the retention of more employes than are necessary to the proper performance of the functions of such departments.