The positions of permanent employment within the House of Representatives and the salaries attached thereto shall be prescribed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The salaries of permanent employees of the House of Representatives shall be increased at the same rate as is prescribed by law for that particular fiscal year for comparable salaries of employees within the classified service of the Merit System of Personnel Administration. All employees of the House of Representatives shall be paid out of the State Treasury from funds appropriated by the Legislature for said purposes on warrants of the State Treasurer issued on vouchers certified by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his designee.