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ARTICLE VII. Administrative Department. Section 1. There shall be a cabinet of administrative officers, consisting
of a Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller, Treasurer, Surveyor
General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Adjutant General, and Commissioner
of Immigration, who shall assist the Governor in the performance of his duties.
Section 2. The Secretary of State shall keep the records of official
acts of the Legislative and Executive departments of the Government, and shall,
when required, lay the same, and all matters relative thereto, before either
branch of the Legislature, and shall be the custodian of the Great Seal of the
State. Section 3. The Attorney General shall be the legal adviser of the Governor,
and each of the cabinet officers, and shall perform such other legal duties
as the Governor may direct, or as may be provided by law. He shall be reporter
for the Supreme Court. Section 4. The Treasurer shall receive and keep all funds, bonds, or
other securities, in such manner as may be provided by law, and shall disburse
no funds, bonds, or other securities, except upon the order of the Comptroller,
countersigned by the Governor, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
Section 5. The duties of the Comptroller shall be prescribed by law.
Section 6. The Surveyor General shall have the administrative supervision
of all matters pertaining to the public lands, under such regulations as shall
be prescribed by law. Section 7. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have the administrative
supervision of all matters pertaining to public instruction; the supervision
of buildings devoted to educational purposes, and the libraries belonging to
the university and common schools. He shall organize a historical bureau for
the purposes of accumulating such matter and information as may be necessary
for compiling and perfecting the history of the State. He shall also establish
a cabinet of minerals and other natural productions. Section 8. The Adjutant General shall, under the orders of the Governor,
have the administrative supervision of the military department, and the supervision
of the State prison, and of the quarantine of the coast, in such manner as shall
be prescribed by law. Section 9. The Commissioner of Immigration shall organize a Bureau of
Immigration, for the purposes of furnishing information, and for the encouragement
of immigration. The office of Commissioner of Immigration shall expire at the
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