State Government, 1915—-1916

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT— Annapolis.

Governor:
Phillips Lee Goldsborough............................. Cambridge

Governor-elect:
Emerson C. Harrington............................... Cambridge

Secretary of State:
Robert P. Graham. ................................ .Roland Park

Chief Clerk:
Carl Hardy.......................................... Annapolis

Private Secretary:
William H. Dudley. .................................. .Baltimore

Stenographers:

Clarence C. Dorsey. .................................. .Annapolis
J. Thomas Leonard. ................................. .Annapolis

Clerk:
Murray G. Hooper. .................................. .Annapolis

Messenger:
Charles B. Woolley. ................................. .Annapolis

The Governor is elected by the people for a term of four years from
the second Wednesday in January next ensuing his election (Constitution,
Art. 2, Sec. 2) ; the Secretary of State is appointed by the Governor, with
the consent of the Senate, to hold office during the term of the Governor;
all other officers are appointed by the Governor and hold office during his
pleasure.

The Secretary of State, in addition to his statutory duties, is the
General Secretary to the Governor. The statutory duties of the Secretary
are briefly as follows: His attestation of the Governor's signature to
all public documents, commissions, pardons, warrants, proclamations and
the many other papers and certificates is required; all foreign corpora-
tions desiring to do business in Maryland must first secure authority from
him after complying with certain provisions of law; all domestic corpora-
tions are recorded in his office and a certificate therefor issued by him;
he is the custodian of the records of the Executive Department; Certifi-
cates of Nomination of certain political candidates are required to be
filed in his office and their names certified by him to the Election Super-
visors for placement upon the ballot; he is a member of the Board of
State Canvassers and prepares that Board's minutes and certifications in
addition to keeping the records of their meetings and of the election
returns; legislative counsels and agents are required to certify to him,
under oath, whatever expenses have been incurred by them in connection
with their activities for or against legislation before the General Assem-
bly; he is the custodian of the Great Seal of the State; railroad leases
are filed in his office and he exercises general supervision over the detail
work of the entire Executive Department which consists of the office of
the Governor and Secretary of State.