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Guatemala Haiti . ..
Henry W. Furniss Fenton R. McCreery
Italy
John G. A. Leishman
Japan .. Liberia
William D. Crum.
Luxemburg
Arthur M. Beaupre. Henry Lane Wilson.
Mexico.
Montenegro
George H. Moses.
Morocco .. Netherlands
Fred W. Carpenter. Arthur M. Beaupre
Nicaragua.
Elliott Northcott. Herbert H. D. Peirce
Panama.
Edwin V. Morgan.
Persia
Peru.
Portugal .
John R. Carter.
Roumania.
William W. Rockhill
Russia. Salvador Servia .
William Heimke.
Siam.
Henry Clay Ide.
Spain. Sweden Switzerland Turkey
Charles H. Graves
Lauritz S. Swenson
Uruguay
Edwin V. Morgan John W. Garrett ..
Venezuela
Santo Domingo, Quito. Cairo. Paris. Berlin.
London. Athens Guatemala Port au Prince. Tegucigalpa.
Rome. Tokio. Monrovia. The Hague. Mexico.
Athens. Tangier. The Hague. Managua. Christiana.
Norway.
Thomas C. Dawson
Paraguay
Charles W. Russell Leslie Combs .. Henry S. Boutell
Panama Montevideo. Teheran. Lima. Lisbon.
Bucharest St. Peterburg. San Salvador Bucharest Bangkok.
John R. Carter. Hamilton King.
Madrid. Stockholm Berne
Monterilon Caracas
Santiago. Peking. San Jose.
China. Costa Rica Cuba . .
Denmark.
Buenos Ayres. Vienna.
Brussels. La Paz. Rio de Janeiro.
Honduras
Thomas J. O'Brien.
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FOREIGN MINISTERS IN UNITED STATES.
Country.
Name.
Argentine Republic .
Senor Don Epifanio Portela.
Austria-Hungary
Baron Hengelmuller von Hengervar.
Belgium .
Count Conrad de Buisseret.
Bolivia
Senor Don Ignacio Calderon. Mr. R. de Lima e Silva.
Chile.
Senor Don Alberto Yoacham.
China .
Mr. Chang Yin Tang.
Colombia
Senor Don Francisco de P. Borda.
Cuba. .
Costa Rica.
Antonio Martin Rivero. Senor Don Joaquin Bernardo Calvo.
Denmark .
Count Moltke. Senor Don Emilio C. Joubert.
Dominican Republic.
Ecuador.
Senor Doctor Don Rafael Maria Arizaga.
France .
Mr. J. J. Jusserand.
Germany
Count J. H. von Bernstorff.
Great Britain
Right Honorable James Bryce.
Greece ..
Mr. L. A. Coromilas.
Guatemala
Senor Doctor Don Luis Toledo Herrarte.
Haiti.
Mr. H. Pauleus Sannon.
Honduras.
Dr. Luis Lazo.
Italy
Marchese Cusani Confalonieri.
Japan. Mexico
Baron Yasuya Uchida. Senor Don Francisco Leon de la Barra.
Netherlands
Jonkheer J. Loudon.
Norway
Mr. H. H. Bryn.
Panama
Mr. C. C. Arosemena.
Persia.
Peru .
Portugal.
Russia.
General Morteza, Khan. Mr. Felipe Pardo. Viscount de Alte. Baron Rosen.
Salvador
Senor Don Federico Mejia.
Siam.
Phya Akharaj Varadhara.
Spain ..
Senor Don Juan Riano y Gayangos.
Sweden.
Mr. Herman de Lagercrantz.
Switzerland Turkey Uruguay Venezuela
Dr. Paul Ritter. Youssouf Zia Pacha. Dr. Luis Melian Lafinur. Senor Don P. Ezequiel Rojas.
Brazil
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FOREIGN CONSULS IN MICHIGAN.
FOREIGN CONSULS IN MICHIGAN.
Country.
Name.
Rank.
Residence.
Belgium
Theophile Francois
Consul.
Detroit.
Cuba. .
C. W. Harrah ..
Consul.
Detroit.
Denmark
Peter Sorensen
Vice Consul.
Detroit.
France
Joseph Belanger.
Consular Agent ..
Detroit.
Great Britain.
Howard G. Meredith.
Vice Consul.
Detroit.
Honduras.
Carlos M. Grebus.
Consul
Detroit.
Honduras.
William G. Griffiths.
Vice Consul.
Detroit.
Italy .
Giacomo R. Lisa
Consular Agent .. Consular Agent ..
Calumet.
Italy .
Cardiello Pietro di Antonio.
Detroit.
Mexico
Daniel F. Altland.
Vice Consul.
Detroit.
Netherlands.
Jacob Steketee.
Vice Consul.
Grand Rapids
Paraguay .
Juan Walker.
Vice Consul.
Detroit.
Sweden.
Daniel F. Pagelson
Vice Consul.
Grand Haven.
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THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
Elective officers, their residences and salaries. Term, two years-January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1913.
GOVERNOR.
CHASE S. OSBORN, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County - Salary $5,000
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
JOHN Q. Ross, Muskegon, Muskegon County - (a) Salary $800
SECRETARY OF STATE.
FREDERICK C. MARTINDALE, Detroit, Wayne County - Salary $2,500
STATE TREASURER.
ALBERT E. SLEEPER, Lexington, Sanilac County
Salary $2,500
AUDITOR GENERAL.
ORAMEL B. FULLER, Ford River, Delta County, Salary $2,500
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
FRANZ C. KUHN, Mt. Clemens, Macomb County - Salary $5,000
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. (6)
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Ironwood, Gogebic County - ʻ - Salary $4,000
COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE LAND OFFICE.
HUNTLEY RUSSELL, Grand Rapids, Kent County Salary $2,500
MEMBERS OF STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. (c)
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Superintendent of Public Instruction Secretary
DEXTER M. FERRY, JR., Detroit, Wayne County President
THOMAS W. NADAL, Olivet, Eaton County - Vice-President
WILLIAM J. McKONE, Albion, Calhoun County Treasurer Justices of the supreme court, regents of the university and members of the state board of agriculture are elected at the spring election. For name, term of office, etc., see pages 93, 378, 423, 431, 717-18.
(a) Regular session of legislature; $5 per day, extra session.
(b) Term, two years-July 1, 1911, to July 1, 1913.
(c) Three dollars per day for actual service; also their necessary traveling and other expenses. By the provisions of the new constitution, the members of the board of education are elected at the spring election for a term of six years.
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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE AP- PROVAL OF THE SENATE.
MICHIGAN RAILROAD COMMISSION.
Salary of each commissioner, $3,000; offices at Lansing.
CASSIUS L. GLASGOW, Chairman Nashville
GEORGE W. DICKINSON
LAWTON T. HEMANS
Pontiac Mason
1 COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
CALVIN A. PALMER, salary $3,500 - Manistee; office at Lansing
COMMISSIONER OF STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT.
EDWARD H. DOYLE, salary $3,500 - Detroit; office at Lansing
COMMISSIONER OF LABOR.
PERRY F. POWERS, salary $2,000 - Cadillac; office at Lansing
STATE LIBRARIAN.
MARY C. SPENCER, salary $1,800 - State Library, Lansing
STATE INSPECTOR OF OILS.
FRANK S. NEAL, salary $1,500 - Northville ; office at Northville
STATE INSPECTOR OF SALT.
JOHN BAIRD, salary $1,500 - Saginaw; office at Saginaw
STATE VETERINARIAN.
WARD GILTNER, salary $5 per day and expenses, East Lansing; office at l'art Taming
GAME, FISH AND FORESTRY WARDEN.
WILLIAM R. OATES, salary $3,000 - Laurium; office at Lamming
DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER.
GILMAN M. DAME, salary $2,000 - · Northport; offfor at Landing
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER.
TOWNSEND A. ELY, salary $2,500 -
Alma, office at Tanalig
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STATE DEPARTMENTS.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Salary.
CHASE S. OSBORN, Governor
$5,000
DE HULL N. TRAVIS, Private Secretary to the Governor. 1,800
MURL H. DEFOE, Executive Clerk to the Governor . 1,500
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
FREDERICK C. MARTINDALE, Secretary of State. 2,500
DE H. MILLS, Deputy Secretary of State. 2,500
1,200
SAMUEL A. KENNEDY, Chief of Corporation Division.
2,000
OSCAR C. BLEED, Chief of Building and Loan Division . 1,500
EDWARD C. SCHULTZ, Chief of Vital Statistics Division
1,500
HERBERT L. HAVENS, Chief of Compiling Division. 1,100
HIRAM CHAMBERS, Chief of Agricultural Division 1,100
LUTHER S. BURTON, Chief of Shipping Division 1,100
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
ALBERT E. SLEEPER, State Treasurer
2,500
JOHN W. HAARER, Deputy State Treasurer.
2,000
FRANK E. GORMAN, Cashier ..
1,500
HOYT WOODMAN, Chief Clerk 1,200
J. MAX ALLEN, Bookkeeper.
1,200
AUDITOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
ORAMEL B. FULLER, Auditor General .
2,500
GEORGE L. HAUSER, Deputy Auditor General. 2,500
HAROLD B. FULLER, Private Secretary .
1,600
FRED Z. HAMILTON, State Accountant
2,000
CHARLES A. BARNES, Chief Clerk 1,500
W. S. HUMPHREY, Assistant Chief Clerk
1,400
CHANCEY A. BARNES, Chief Bookkeeper.
1,200
STATE LAND DEPARTMENT.
HUNTLEY RUSSELL, Land Commissioner.
2,500
GLEN R. MUNSHAW, Deputy Land Commissioner .
2,000
EDWIN R. HAVENS, Chief Clerk .
1,200
FERNANDO C. PARKER, Bookkeeper.
1,200
EMERSON E. VANCE, Draughtsman
1,200
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
FRANZ C. KUHN, Attorney General. .
5,000
HENRY E. CHASE, Deputy Attorney General .
2,000
THOMAS A. LAWLER, Chief Law Clerk.
1,800
ALBERT DUNHAM, Chief Clerk. .
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STATE DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
Salary.
LUTHER L. WRIGHT, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
$4.000
FRED L. KEELER, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction. 2,000
ETTA H. GARDINE, Chief Clerk. 1,200
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
CALVIN A. PALMER, Insurance Commissioner.
3.500
HERBERT P. ORR, Deputy. 2,500
GEORGE B. GROVE, Chief Clerk.
1,200
RAILROAD COMMISSION DEPARTMENT.
CASSIUS L. GLASGOW, Chairman.
3,000
GEORGE W. DICKINSON, Commissioner 3.000
LAWTON T. HEMANS, Commissioner. 3.000
WILLARD N. SWEENEY, Secretary. 2,000
JAMES BICE, Chief Inspecting Engineer 2,000
FRANK F. MILLARD, Chief Clerk
1,500
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATISTICS.
PERRY F. POWERS, Commissioner of Labor . 2,000
JOHN SMITH, Deputy . 1,500
MAURICE D. KIRBY, Chief Clerk.
1.500
STATE BANKING DEPARTMENT.
EDWARD H. DOYLE, Commissioner of Banking . 3,500
ALBERT E. MANNING, Deputy. . 2.500
MAX E. SOCHA, Chief Clerk and Examiner
1.700
BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS' DEPARTMENT.
JOHN B. MATHEWS, Secretary .
2,000
FRANK C. BENNETT, Superintendent of Building and Grounds. 1,600
DAIRY AND FOOD DEPARTMENT.
GILMAN M. DAME, Dairy and Food Commissioner.
2,000
JAMES' W. HELME, Deputy.
1.500
FERN L. SHANNON, State Analyst .
2,000
L. H. VAN WORMER, Assistant Chemist .
1,200
STATE LIBRARY.
1,800
MARY C. SPENCER, Librarian ..
1,200
ADELIA REID, Assistant Librarian
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
TOWNSEND A. ELY, State Highway Commissioner . ..
2.800
FRANK F. ROGERS, Deputy . .....
1.800
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DEPARTMENT DUTIES.
THE GOVERNOR.
The governor is the principal executive officer of the state, and commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces.
He may convene the legislature in extraordinary session.
He shall give to the legislature, and at the close of his official term, to the next legis- lature, information by message of the condition of the state, and recommend such measures to them as he shall deem expedient.
All bills passed by the legislature must be submitted to him for approval.
He shall issue writs of election in case of vacancy in the legislature or in the state representation in the lower house of Congress. In case of vacancy in the office of United States senator he may appoint some person to hold such office until the legislature chooses a successor.
He signs all commissions, patents for state lands and appoints notaries public and commissioners in other states to take acknowledgments of deeds for this state.
He appoints all the principal officers of the state not elected by the people, and the members of state boards, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, when so prescribed by law.
He may fill vacancies in state offices in certain cases and remove public officers for cause, or upon proper investigation and proof of misconduct or incompetency.
He may require information in writing from all executive and administrative officers, elective or appointive, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices.
He may grant reprieves, commutations of sentences, paroles or pardons.
He may demand fugitives from justice from the executive of any other state or ter- ritory, and may issue warrants upon the request of the governors of other states or territories for fugitives who may be found within this state.
The governor is ex-officio a member of the state board of corrections and charities, boards of control of the Industrial School for Boys, Industrial Home for Girls, state prisons at Jackson, Ionia and Marquette, board of managers of Michigan Soldiers' Home, state board of assessors, board of control state swamp lands, board of geological survey, and board of commissioners of Mackinac Island State Park.
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
The private secretary to the governor is charged, under the direction of the governor, with the duties appertaining to official correspondence and general clerical work of the . office. His duty is to remain at the seat of government in charge of the executive office for the transaction of such business as may not require the personal attention of the governor.
The executive clerk assists in the conduct of the business of the executive office, and is secretary of the advisory board in the matter of pardons.
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
In case of impeachment, removal from office, death, inability, resignation or absence from the state of the governor, his powers and duties devolve on the lieutenant gover- nor. He is president of the senate, but has no vote.
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DEPARTMENT DUTIES.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
The secretary of state is charged by constitutional and statutory provisions with many diverse duties. During a vacancy in the office of governor, if the lieutenant gover- nor be incapable of performing the duties of his office or absent from the state, the secre- tary of state shall act as governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability cease. In general, it may be said that he is the keeper of the great seal and of the records and archives of the state government; that he has charge of the compilation, publication and distribution of the laws, documents and reports of the various departments, in- stitutions, officers and boards; that he issues commissions, warrants, patents and requi- sitions for extradition upon the order of the governor; that he gives notice of the holding of elections and receives and files returns thereof; that he has general supervision of corporations in the matter of filing and recording articles of association and of filing the reports of such corporations; that he has charge of the collection, compilation and publication of statistics upon various subjects; that he is state registrar of motor vehicles and chauffeurs. He is a member of the board of state auditors, board of state canvassers, board of escheats, board of fund commissioners, board of control of state swamp lands, board of internal improvement, state board of equalization, public domain commission, board of control of St. Clair flats, and bureau of labor and industrial statistics.
The deputy secretary of state has immediate charge of the work of the office, and is the acting head of the department in the absence of the secretary of state. The routine work of the department is performed in eight divisions-the corporation, executive, compiling, building and loan, vital statistics, agricultural, motor vehicle and shipping divisions. Each division is in the immediate charge of a chief, who is responsible for the proper performance of the duties falling under his supervision.
THE CORPORATION DIVISION.
The work of this division consists principally in the examination and filing or re- cording of articles of association of all corporations transacting business in the state. except building and loan associations, insurance companies and a few corporations which are required to file their articles with county clerks, and in filing annually the re- ports of such corporations. This work requires accuracy, skill and legal ability. There are numerous acts of the legislature governing the various kinds of corporations, each providing different rules and regulations. Articles of association must conform to these laws and it is the business of this division to make them do so, before they are received for record and certificates of filing or record are issued, or authority to do busi ness is granted the new corporations. Not the least important feature of this branch of the work is the determination of the amount of franchise fees to be paid by foreign cor porations seeking admission to the state. A careful record is kept of each corporation in such a manner that it is possible at a moment's notice to secure information regarding any existing incorporated body.
Incident to the filing of reports is the sending out of blanks for this purpose to the several thousand corporations which are required to make them. Much correspond ence is necessary to keep the various records in a systematic manner. New corpora- tions are constantly being organized; those in existence are frequently making amend ments to their articles or filing notices of dissolution. Considerable labor is required in clearing the records, by thorough investigation of the facts, of such corporatiuns as become defunct without notifying the department.
THE EXECUTIVE DIVISION.
The custody of the great seal is in the executive division. The work here consiste in the issuing and attestation of all important state papers, such as prociamallons of the governor, certificates of election to elective officers and commimions to appointive
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offices, both military and civil, warrants for extradition or requisition, pardons and paroles. The constitution of the state and the acts of the legislature, as signed by the governor, are also in the custody of this division, as are the records of all acts of the ex- ecutive, whether in the exercise of his appointive power or otherwise. Land certificates and patents are of record in this division likewise, and the original election returns from the different counties since Michigan became a state. The bonds and oaths of office of all officers of the state government are here kept on file and are in charge of the chief of the division, who keeps the records of the names of all such officers, showing the time of election or appointment, length of term and date of expiration of the term of each. The records relative to notaries public and justices of the peace are also kept in this division. All certified copies of laws, documents or records and all papers re- quired to be executed under seal must be brought here for the attaching of the seal.
THE COMPILING DIVISION.
An important duty of the secretary of state is the compilation and publication of the laws and documents, and it is this work which devolves upon the compiling division. The acts of the legislature are compiled, which compilation involves the proper and orderly arrangement of the laws, side-noting, indexing and numbering, and the super- vision of their publication. The Public Acts, the Local Acts, the Official Directory and Legislative Manual, and the pamphlet compilations of laws are prepared for pub- lication by this division. The preparation of the manual, as it is usually called, requires the collection of a great amount of miscellaneous and useful data, and great care is exercised to have the information presented in an accurate and reliable form. After each session of the legislature, the pamphlet compilations are here revised with annota- tions of supreme court decisions. The various lists of members of the legislature, state officials and county officers are made up and published under the direction of the division. Nomination petitions, under the primary law, are filed and checked in this division.
THE BUILDING AND LOAN DIVISION.
The supervision of the building and loan associations of the state is the business of this division. An examination of the books of the companies is made annually. Not only the books are examined, but the securities upon which loans are made are, in many cases, investigated, in order to secure greater protection to members of the associations. Annual financial reports of the associations which are kept on file in the division are compiled and published. The secretary of state has authority to terminate the ex- istence of associations which are in a bad financial condition.
THE VITAL STATISTICS DIVISION.
The vital statistics division has charge of a kind of department work which is of great value to the citizens of the state. The various township, village and city clerks (or health officers) are required by law to report monthly to the secretary of state the deaths and births occurring within their jurisdictions. The compilation of these re- turns, and, incidentally, the furnishing of blank forms for the purpose, constitutes the principal work of the division. The Michigan system of registration is widely recog- nized as among the best in the world. For the proper dissemination of the information gathered, a bulletin is issued monthly. This publication, the Michigan Monthly Bul- letin of Vital Statistics, also furnishes a means of communication with registrars other than that by correspondence. The registration of marriages and divorces also belongs to the vital statistics division. The compilations of all these statistics are published yearly in registration reports. The value of the work of the division lies not only in the statistics compiled, but in the keeping of the records in such a form that official information can be given of all births, deaths, marriages and divorces in the state.
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DEPARTMENT DUTIES.
THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISION.
The agricultural division has charge of the collection, compilation and publication of statistics upon agricultural products. The department, through this division, has a corps of crop correspondents in the various townships of the state, who make monthly reports showing the condition of the various crops in their localities. A tabulation of these reports is made here and, after publication, distributed.
Some duties of the secretary of state not germane to the work of any one division have been assigned to the different divisions irrespective of the general scope of their ·work. The collection, compilation and publication of statistics relative to the insane, deaf, dumb, blind, idiotic and epileptic and the compilation and publication of the re- ports of superintendents of the poor and sheriffs have, for example, been under the super- vision of the agricultural division.
MOTOR VEHICLE DIVISION.
The work of this division is the registration and licensing of automobiles motor cycles and chauffeurs. This branch of the department work has grown very rapidly. Here a record is kept of the license number, owner's name and address, and a description of each motor vehicle licensed. An important feature is the compiling of monthly lists of registrations, and the recording of convictions certified to the department by judicial officers.
THE SHIPPING DIVISION.
The work of distributing the published laws and documents belongs to the shipping division. The preparation for shipment of all matter sent out by the department constitutes the business of the division.
The printed copies of the laws and documents and the various blank forms which the department is required to furnish are in the custody of the chief of this division. A record of all publications which the state is required to furnish to the several township. village, city and county officers is kept here.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THE STATE TREASURER.
He is the receiving officer and custodian of the state funds, state taxes collected by the county treasurers, taxes upon railroad, insurance, telegraph, telephone, express and other companies, and proceeds of sales of state lands are payable to him.
Payments from the treasury, except in pursuance of appropriations made by law. are prohibited by the constitution.
He is required, before entering upon the duties of his office, to give a bond to the pen- ple of the state in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, with three or more suimtien. or one or more surety companies, to be approved by the attorney general and commls sioner of insurance.
He is authorized, at his discretion, after receiving from banks security approved by the state treasurer, auditor general and secretary of state, to deposit in such banks tle surplus funds in the treasury at such rate of interest as he may deem best for the slate All items of interest so received belong and are to be paid over to the state.
HIe is the state sealer of weights and measures.
Hle is required to make an annual report to the governor, with a summary of the me- ceipts and payments of the treasury during the preceding year.
He is, by article VI, section 20 of the constitution, a member of the board of state auditors, board of state canvassers, board of fund commissioners, board of vahesta and by law a member of the state board of equalization, of control of state swamp lands and of claims growing out of sales of public lands.
The deputy state treasurer has immediate charge and personal supervision of the routine work and employes of the department, and, in the absence of the treamirer, is empowered by law to transact all duties appertaining to that office.
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AUDITOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
THE AUDITOR GENERAL.
It is the duty of the auditor general to state accounts and examine and liquidate claims against the state in statutory cases and to draw his warrant on the state treas- urer in settlement therefor, and for every disbursement and all moneys drawn from the state treasury; he examines and adjusts and settles claims in favor of the state; examines state treasurer's accounts monthly and countersigns receipts of state treasurer; keeps a register of the number and amount of state bonds and the rate of interest thereon, and where payable, and files all cancelled bonds in his office; audits and files accounts of state institutions; receives and files bonds of registers in chancery, plats of towns, cities and villages, reports of telegraph, telephone, canal and plank road companies; approves bonds of county treasurers, the commissioner of insurance, and treasurers of various state institutions; prepares and furnishes blanks for the use of state institu- tions, county treasurers and others; makes annual report to the governor; is a member of the state board of equalization, the board of control of state swamp lands, board of control of St. Clair flats, and board of internal improvements. He is also a member of the board of state canvassers in case of failure of a quorum.
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