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Show Only 4 States Find Secretary of State Heir To Governor's Chair; 37 Have Lieutenant-Governor Set-Op i Utah is one of four states in which the Secretary of State is designated as the immediate successor to the governorship if the post becomes vacant, it was stated in a Research Report re-, leased this week by Utah Foundation, Foun-dation, the private non-profit tax research agency. The Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Governor in 37 states is immediate heir to the governor's govern-or's post if vacated by death or other cause before expiration of the prescribed term. Each of the forty-eight states has a Secretary of State, with powers of the office ranging from those of a clerk appointed by the Governor, to those of independently in-dependently elected officials having broad influence in state fiscal management. In thirty-eight of the states, the Secretary of State is elected elect-ed by the people. In seven states he is appointed by the Govern or, in two (New Hampshire and Tennessee) he is elected by the Legislature, and in Maine he is appointed by the Legislature. Terms are all either two or four years. In 27 states the term is four years, and in the remaining twenty-one states Secretaries Sec-retaries serve for two - year terms. ' Salaries , as of January 1, 1950, ranged from $2,000 per year in Maryland and $3,300 per year in North Dakota, to a high of $15,000 in New York The average salary is ab01" $6,884 per year. The Utah Sec iretary of State receives $5,400 1 per year. In forty-six states, the Secretary of State receive, $4,000 or more Peryear. m forty for-ty states he is .palid $5,000 or more, in thirty - three states $6,000 or more, in twenty-one states $7,000 or more, in twelve states $8,000 or more, in eight states $9,000 or more, and in six states $10,000 or more per year. While there is some variation among the states in the duties assigned by law to the becre-tary becre-tary of State, some functions are characteristically associated with that office in nearly all ol tne states. Included in this group are such functions as administering election laws and publishing election returns, registering corporations cor-porations and trade marks and names, publishing state laws and public documents, caring for state archives, attesting execution execu-tion documents, and issuing extradition ex-tradition papers. The functions of the Secretary Secre-tary of State in some states include in-clude the collection of important impor-tant state taxes. In twelve states the Secretary of State collects the corporation franchise tax; I in five he collects motor ve- S?ate is in Oregon where the Secretary of State s active , in "ne.Pernce oj ts auditing fun" gasoiine tax, Srvenrcle-Vegis'tration fees, and inheritance tax . while tne functions of the Tr,nV, cippretary of State are S?ely material in nature, vf S exercise considerable m-ttuece m-ttuece over state finances and aS?st?ation through his rnern-berTip rnern-berTip on the State Board of Examiners and the Board or Loan Commissioners, and in. position in law as the successo. to the Governor in the event c vacancy in that otiice. V In addition to other board memberships, the Secretary of State is at the present time a member of the Board of Trus-teef Trus-teef oi the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural College and the Board or Regents of the University of Utah. He is also a member of the State Armory Board h. Board of Administration of thd Public Employees Retirement , System, the State Library Board and serves as Secretary to the I State Board of Canvassers Utah law makes the Secretary of State responsible for the maintenance of the State Capitol Building. He also cares for the Capitol grounds, which are assigned as-signed by law to the Board ot Examiners. Capitol building and grounds maintenance at the present time requires about 35 to 40 employees at a total payroll pay-roll of about $8,600 per month. Expenditures by the Secretary c cQtP for Capitol Building fH Grounds amounted to $148,-Seal $148,-Seal 1951, and have av-59 av-59 1a r about $74,000 per year K 1916 when' the building WFiinds'for the Utah Secretary f state are provided through iai legislative appropria-K appropria-K from State General Fnd For the present biennium m? June 30. 1953. approorw-Zn approorw-Zn to the Secretary of State totaled $375,400. t0 Expenditures of the Secretary Secre-tary of State for the fiscal year ended June""" T N $148,592 for cL1?5!. and grounds, $ ; ing and binding fl 'f on official bondsan -J for office admin to- ! |