90 - Department of state; secretary of state.

§ 90. Department  of  state; secretary of state. There shall be in the  state government a department of state. The head of the department shall  be the secretary of state who shall be appointed by the governor by  and  with  the advice and consent of the senate and hold office until the end  of the term of the governor by whom  he  was  appointed  and  until  his  successor  is  appointed and has qualified. The secretary of state shall  receive an annual salary within the amount appropriated therefor and his  reasonable  expenses  when  necessarily  absent   on   public   business  pertaining to the duties of his office.    In  addition  to  those  divisions  created  and  continued within the  Department of State by  other  statutes,  the  secretary  of  state  may  establish such other divisions and bureaus in the department of state as  he  may  deem  necessary. He may prescribe the duties and powers of such  divisions and bureaus which shall be exercised and performed  under  his  supervision.