Property and fiscal officer.

In the event of a vacancy, the governor shall nominate, with the advice of the adjutant general, a United States property and fiscal officer from the New Mexico national guard whose appointment shall be made by the chief of the national guard bureau or other authority charged with responsibility for such approval under the laws of the United States. His duties shall be the superintendence of all funds and property of the United States entrusted or allotted to the militia or national guard as required of him by the laws of the United States relating to the militia or national guard or regulations promulgated thereunder, together with such additional related duties as the governor or adjutant general may require of him by appropriate regulations or orders. His military salary, allowances and maximum rank shall be in accordance with the regulations of the appropriate authorities of the United States and the laws of the United States relating to the militia or national guard and the appointment of such officers.