It follows, then, if a motor vehicle agent is not entitled to tenure under the Veterans’ Tenure Act, then the applicability of the doctrine of in pari materia demands a consistent result under the Exempt Firemen’s Tenure Act. Ibid. Furthermore, it is evident that our courts have not hesitated to draw on precedents under the Veterans’ Tenure Act in determining the applicability of the Exempt Firemen’s Tenure Act to a particular set of circumstances. See Muccio v. Cronin, supra, 135 N.J.Super. 315. There the court was faced with the issue of whether a county investigator was entitled to protection under the Exempt Firemen’s Tenure Act. In holding that statute inapplicable, the court relied principally on the Supreme Court’s parallel ruling in Brennan v. Byrne, 31 N.J. 333 (1960) (<HOLDING>), concluding: The provisions of the Veterans’
holding that investigator employed by the etowah county district attorney was a state employee not covered by a county merit system holding county clerk sued in official capacity was entitled to the immunity the county enjoyed holding that a county was entitled to summary judgment where the claims against the individual defendants had failed holding that a county investigator was not entitled to protection under veterans tenure act holding that lprs are entitled to the protection of the equal protection clause