query: who appoints the secretary of state in texas

pos: Secretary of State of Texas of the United States in 1845 and there have been 109 Secretaries of State. Secretary of State of Texas The Texas Secretary of State is one of the six members of the executive department of the state of Texas, in the United States. Under the Texas Constitution, the appointment is made by the Governor, with confirmation by the Texas Senate. Rolando Pablos is the 111th person to hold the office. He was appointed by Greg Abbott, and sworn in on January 6, 2017. Pablos has announced his resignation, effective December 15, 2018. The Secretary of State is the chief elections

pos: Government of Texas belief the lieutenant governor, who heads the Senate and appoints its committees, has more power than the governor. The governor commands the state militia and can veto bills passed by the Legislature and call special sessions of the Legislature (this power is exclusive to the governor and can be exercised as often as desired). The governor also appoints members of various executive boards and fills judicial vacancies between elections. All members of the executive branch are elected statewide except for the Secretary of State (appointed) and the State Board of Education (each of its 15 members are elected from single-member

pos: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists Board, which is composed of four psychologists, two licensed psychological associates, and three public members. The Governor appoints members for staggered six-year terms of office. Since 2008, the Governor also appoints the Chair for the Board. The agency is located in Room 450 of Tower 2 in the William P. Hobby State Office Building, located at 333 Guadalupe Street in Austin. Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (TSBEP) was established in 1969 by the Sixty-First Texas Legislative Session with passage of the Psychologists' Certification and Licensing Act, V.T.C.S., Article 4512c. The

pos: Oklahoma Secretary of State of State: the appointee must be a citizen of the State of Oklahoma, at least thirty-one years of age and a resident of the United States for ten years, the same as all high-level executive branch officials. The Governor appoints, with confirmation by the Oklahoma Senate, the Secretary of State to serve a four-year term that runs concurrently with the term of the Governor. As the office is not elective (the only appointive constitutional office in Oklahoma), a Secretary of State may succeed himself/herself in office as many times as the Governor-elect appoints and the state Senate confirms him or

pos: Oklahoma Department of Transportation Amtrak Heartland Flyer passenger rail service in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation. The agency is under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation. Under Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin, Gary Ridley is serving as the Cabinet secretary. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission is the governing body of the state transportation department. The Governor of Oklahoma, with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate, appoints the members of the eight-member commission. It is the duty of the commission to establish agency policies and to appoint the agency director. The members each represent one of the eight geographic districts corresponding with

pos: Government of Rhode Island members currently. The House of Representatives holds the only Libertarian Party elected state legislator in the United States. The Senate has 38 members. The General Assembly meets in the State House. The state elects a governor, a lieutenant governor, a secretary of state, a general treasurer, and an attorney general. The governor appoints a sheriff, who, unlike most other sheriffs, has statewide jurisdiction. The governor appoints many officers to act as commissioners, directors, or other officers. The executive authority is vested in the governor, typically through various directors and commissioners. The lieutenant governor, though nominally in the executive branch, is

pos: Secretary of State of Texas the Attorney General, one of the six members of the Executive Department. Of these offices all are elected by the voters in statewide elections except the Secretary of State, who is nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Secretary of State administers the Texas Election Code, maintains public filings, and is the keeper of the State Seal of Texas. The Secretary of State also issues appointments for notaries public. The first Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas, Stephen F. Austin, was appointed by Texas President Sam Houston in 1836. Since then, Texas became a state

pos: Trophy Club, Texas by the Governor for the purpose of enforcing military law and for all ceremonial purposes. The Town's elected officials (as of July 1, 2018) are: The Town Council has authority to appoint and remove the Town Manager. The Town Manager acts as the chief administrative officer of the Town and is responsible to the Council for the proper administration of all the affairs of the Town. In addition to the Town Manager, the Council also appoints the Town Attorney and the Town Secretary who acts as secretary to the Council. The current Town Manager is Tom Class, and the current

pos: Governor of New Jersey and lieutenant governor are the only officials elected on a statewide basis. Much like the President of the United States, the governor appoints the entire cabinet, subject to confirmation by the New Jersey Senate. More importantly, under the New Jersey constitution, the governor appoints all superior court judges and county prosecutors, although this is done with strong consideration of the preferences of the individual state senators who represent the district where vacancies arise. The governor is also responsible for appointing two constitutionally created officers, the New Jersey Attorney General and the Secretary of State of New Jersey, with the approval

pos: University of Houston System all the rights, powers, and duties that it has with respect to the organization and control of the four component institutions in the System; however, each component institution is maintained as a separate and distinct university. The Board consists of a chair, , secretary, and seven other members including one student who serves a one-year term as regent. Every two years, the Governor of Texas, subject to the confirmation of the Texas Senate, appoints three members to the board of regents. Every member except for the student regent serves a six-year term. Responsibilities for members are specifically listed in the

pos: State constitutional officer public funds, while the comptroller writes the checks to cover the state's expenses. 47 of the 50 states have a secretary of state. 35 of those states popularly elect the secretary of the state, while in the other states either the governor appoints or the legislature elects the secretary of state. Because the foreign policy of the United States is handled at the federal level, the duties of the position are very different from those of the United States Secretary of State. In many states, the secretary of state is the chief elections officer. Other duties vary from state to

pos: Texas School for the Deaf school was renamed to the Texas Deaf and Dumb Institution. Around that time the law regarding who appoints the superintendent changed; now the governor of Texas had the power to directly appoint the superintendent. In 1871 the name was changed to Texas Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. A State of Printing office was established at the TSD in 1876. The institution's name changed again to Texas Deaf and Dumb Asylum around 1877. Originally TSD only served white students and had white teachers. Black students attended the Texas Blind, Deaf, and Orphan School, which had been established in 1887. As

pos: Government of Oklahoma reduce the number of people who report directly to the governor. For example, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority are organized under the state transportation secretary. The cabinet officers hold the title of "secretary". Agency heads are called "directors" or "commissioners". A cabinet secretary may serve concurrently as an agency director. The governor appoints, with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate, the cabinet. Each secretary advises the governor on policy changes or problems within the agencies under their supervision, represent the governor in administering their area of supervision, and coordinate information gathering for the governor or

pos: Washington State Department of Transportation Nisqually earthquake damaged most state highways around the Seattle metropolitan area and most of the budget was turned over to the Puget Sound region to help rebuild and repair roads and bridges. WSDOT divides Washington into 6 regions, the Olympic, Northwest Southwest, North Central, South Central, and Eastern. The Northwest Region is further divided into 3 more regions, which are King County, Snohomish County, and Baker (Whatcom, Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties). WSDOT is overseen by the Governor of Washington, who appoints a Secretary of Transportation that is confirmed by the state legislature. The last Secretary of Transportation was

pos: Governor-General of Australia act provides the Governor-General with a salary (fixed in 2014 at $425,000) and, after leaving office, a lifetime allowance fixed at two-thirds of the salary of the Chief Justice of the High Court. There is also provision for a surviving spouse or partner. The Governor-General appoints an Official Secretary, who in turn appoints other staff. By convention, the Governor-General and any family occupy an official residence in Canberra, Government House (commonly referred to as Yarralumla). The Governor-General travels in a Rolls-Royce Phantom VI limousine for ceremonial occasions, such as the State Opening of Parliament. However, Governors-General more commonly use Australian-built

pos: Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs The position was established, along with the Oklahoma State Cabinet, by the Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986. The Act directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to advise the Governor on policies and operations of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs. Unlike any other Cabinet Secretary, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is the only Cabinet position to have statutory requirements in order for an individual to hold that office. Under Oklahoma state law, any person the Governor appoints to serve as the Secretary must be an honorably discharged veteran and be eligible to receive benefits from the United States Department

pos: Oklahoma State Department of Health Oklahoma State Department of Health The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is a department of the government of Oklahoma under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Health. The department is responsible for protecting the health of all Oklahomans and providing other essential human services. The OSDH serves as the primary public health protection agency in the state. The department is led by a State Board of Health, composed of nine members appointed by the governor of Oklahoma with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate. The board in turn appoints the State Commissioner of Health, who serves as the

pos: Government of Texas districts). The executive branch also includes several boards and commissions that are constituted through a mixture of elections and gubernatorial appointments confirmed by the Senate. Even with the Governor appointing several members of boards and commissions, the overall effect is a sprawling network of administrative bodies that neither the Governor nor the Legislature are able to coordinate or completely control. The Governor appoints the directors of a handful of state agencies, and the Governor exercises direct authority over these offices. Most state agencies are headquartered in Austin. The "Texas Administrative Code" contains the compiled and indexed regulations of Texas state

pos: Minnesota Executive Council Executive Council meets upon the call of the governor or upon the call of the executive secretary at the request of three or more members. Minnesota Executive Council The Minnesota Executive Council is the executive council of Minnesota. The Council is established by Chapter 9 of Minnesota Statutes . The Minnesota Executive Council is composed of the statewide elected executive officials. The members are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and Minnesota Attorney General. The governor is chair. The Minnesota Executive Council "appoints, fixes the salary of, and removes at pleasure" an executive secretary. The executive secretary

pos: Minnesota Executive Council Minnesota Executive Council The Minnesota Executive Council is the executive council of Minnesota. The Council is established by Chapter 9 of Minnesota Statutes . The Minnesota Executive Council is composed of the statewide elected executive officials. The members are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Auditor, and Minnesota Attorney General. The governor is chair. The Minnesota Executive Council "appoints, fixes the salary of, and removes at pleasure" an executive secretary. The executive secretary perform duties assigned by the Executive Council and may employ personnel as is necessary, some of whom may be detailed from other state departments. The

pos: Secretary of State of Texas of the United States in 1845 and there have been 109 Secretaries of State. Secretary of State of Texas The Texas Secretary of State is one of the six members of the executive department of the state of Texas, in the United States. Under the Texas Constitution, the appointment is made by the Governor, with confirmation by the Texas Senate. Rolando Pablos is the 111th person to hold the office. He was appointed by Greg Abbott, and sworn in on January 6, 2017. Pablos has announced his resignation, effective December 15, 2018. The Secretary of State is the chief elections

pos: Oklahoma Supreme Court vacancy on the court, after reviewing potential justices, the commission must submit three names to the governor, of whom the governor appoints one to the Supreme Court to serve until the next general state election. If the governor fails to appoint a justice within sixty days, the chief justice may appoint one of the nominees, who must certify their appointment to Secretary of State of Oklahoma. Each time a justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is elected to retain his or her position in the general state elections, he or she continues to serve for another six years in office

pos: Secretary of State of Texas Secretary of State of Texas The Texas Secretary of State is one of the six members of the executive department of the state of Texas, in the United States. Under the Texas Constitution, the appointment is made by the Governor, with confirmation by the Texas Senate. Rolando Pablos is the 111th person to hold the office. He was appointed by Greg Abbott, and sworn in on January 6, 2017. Pablos has announced his resignation, effective December 15, 2018. The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer, the protocol officer for state and international matters, and the liaison for the

pos: Constitution of Bhutan appoints the heads of the Defence Forces from a list of names recommended by the Service Promotion Board. The King appoints the Attorney General of Bhutan, the Chairperson of the Pay Commission, the Governor of the Central Bank of Bhutan, the Cabinet Secretary, and Bhutanese ambassadors and consuls on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The King also appoints Dzongdags to head Local Governments, and other secretaries to the Government on the recommendation of the Prime Minister who obtains nominations from the Royal Civil Service Commission on the basis of merit and seniority and in accordance with other relevant rules

pos: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources of two Wisconsin state agencies: The Conservation Department and The Department of Resource Development. This merger was designed to reduce the number of agencies and streamline operations. The governor at the time was Warren P. Knowles. The WDNR is currently led by the Secretary, Dan Meyer, who was appointed to the post by governor Scott Walker in 2017. The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board is the governing body of the WDNR. This board is filled by the Governor, who appoints seven individual members to serve without compensation. The appointments made by the Governor are confirmed by the state senate, and each

pos: Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists oversight of licensees and certified professionals involved in the practice of psychology. Those professionals include psychologists, provisionally licensed psychologists, psychological associates, and licensed specialists in school psychology. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, as of 2010, the agency had oversight of 6,547 licensees. Since 1987, the Board has required an oral examination for applicants for licensure as psychologists. In 1981, the Legislature amended the Act to add three public members to the TSBEP bringing the total number of members to nine. The Governor with the advice and consent of the Texas Senate appoints the members of the

pos: Bohorodchany Raion (governor) appointed by the President of Ukraine. The governor appoints his deputies forming his regional governing cabinet to supervise the government policies in the region. Aside of the state administration the region has its own council that is headed by its chairman. The composition of the council depends on the popular vote in the region, while the chairman is elected within the elected council. The District State Administration (BRDA) consists of the chairman, his deputies (3), and secretary who heads the supporting "aparat" of the administration. Within the administration are numerous departments, each of them headed by a chief of

pos: Geoff Connor Connor to serve as the Deputy Secretary in the office of the Texas Secretary of State. This office, which evolved out of the Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas, has a diverse portfolio that includes supervising elections, serving as chief protocol officer for Texas, acting as the Governor’s liaison on border and Mexico affairs, as well as maintaining a variety of corporate and commercial filings. With the departure of Secretary of State Henry Cuellar in October 2001, Connor served four months as Acting Secretary of State until the swearing in of Gwyn Clarkston Shea as Secretary of State

pos: Executive Branch Reform Act of 1986 as a Cabinet Secretary is when the Governor appoints a private citizen to the post. Examples include when Governor Henry appointed Dr. Joseph W. Alexander, a professor at Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, as his Secretary of Science and Technology. The Governor, within 45 days of taking office, must organize his Cabinet. Each Governor is allowed to organize the agencies however he feels best serves him. When he took office in 1995, Governor Frank Keating established a Secretary of Commerce and a Secretary of Tourism. This was changed in 2003 when Governor Brad Henry establish a single Secretary of Commerce and Tourism.

pos: Government of Rivers State government areas. The executive branch is headed by the Governor, assisted by the Deputy Governor, both elected. The governor appoints the heads of parastatals, state-owned bodies, judicial officers, permanent secretaries and members of the Executive Council with the exception of the deputy. The Civil Service is administered by the head of service, a career civil servant, with each ministry managed by a permanent secretary. The commissioner is responsible for policy, while the permanent secretary provides continuity and is responsible for operations. As the highest ranking-official in the executive, the Governor of Rivers State wields significant influence in matters relating to

pos: Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs the State. For fiscal year 2010, the Department was authorized 1,998 full-time employees. Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs (ODVA) is a department of the state of Oklahoma under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs charged with providing medical and rehabilitative services for veterans and their families. The Department is governed by a nine-member Oklahoma Veterans Commission, who members are appointed by the Governor, with the approval the Oklahoma Senate for three-year terms. The Governor appoints members from names submitted by the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military

pos: Secretary of state (U.S. state government) by the governor with confirmation with the state's respective Senate; Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia are amongst the states with this practice. In three states, the secretary of state is elected by the state legislature; the General Assembly of Tennessee meets in joint convention to elect the Secretary of State to a four-year term, and the Maine Legislature and New Hampshire General Court also select their secretaries of state, but to two-year terms. The longest serving state secretary of state in history was Thad A. Eure of North Carolina, who served from 1936 until 1989. Most secretaries of state, or

pos: Secretary of State of Texas governor on Mexican and border matters. The Secretary of State offices are in the James Earl Rudder State Office Building at 1019 Brazos Street in Austin; the main building handles business and public filings, statutory documents, administrative code open meetings, and the UCC. The SOS elections office is on the second floor of the James Earl Rudder Building. The executive offices are in Room 1E.8 in the Texas State Capitol. Under the Texas Constitution the Secretary of State is, with the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Commissioner of the Office of General Land and

pos: California Prison Industry Authority secretary. The governor appoints four members: two representing organized labor, and two representing industry. The Speaker of the California Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee each appoint two members representing the general public. The Secretary of Transportation (or designee) and the Director of General Services (or designee) also serve on the board. The goods and services produced by CALPIA’s enterprises are sold predominately to departments of the State of California, as well as to other government entities. CDCR is CALPIA’s largest customer and accounted for 59.2% of sales in FY 2016-17. Other state customers include: CALPIA's offender programming saves the

pos: Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority of a partially tolled roadway. The Mobility Authority is an independent government agency with a seven-member Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board is appointed by the Governor of Texas. The Travis County Commissioner's Court appoints three members and the Williamson County Commissioner's Court appoints three. The Board Members serve two year terms and can be reappointed. The Mobility Authority is run by Executive Director Mike Heiligenstein and a staff of approximately a dozen individuals. There has been controversy in Texas over foreign and private ownership of roadways, but all of the Mobility Authority’s properties are owned and operated

pos: Mark White the state's assistant attorney general from 1966 to 1969. He later returned to Houston to begin private practice. By 1972, he was working for the Joe Reynolds firm in Houston. White was interested in serving state government again and upon the election of Dolph Briscoe to the Governor's Mansion. In 1973, White was appointed as Texas Secretary of State under Governor Briscoe and also served in the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard. Briscoe explained on his appointment of White as the 74th Texas Secretary of State: "When I began to consider candidates for secretary of state, I

pos: Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services governed by the Commission for Rehabilitation Services, composed of three members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma, the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, and the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The Commission, in turn, appoints the Director of Rehabilitation Services to serve as the chief executive officer of the Department. The current Director of Rehabilitation Services is Noel Tyler who was appointed by the Commission on May 8, 2017. The Department was established in 1993 during the term of Governor David Walters The Department is led by the Oklahoma State Cabinet Secretary of Health and Human

pos: Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission physical waste thereof from any cause". States that ratified the compact agreed to enact legislation for this purpose. Article VI of the compact constituted "The Interstate Oil Compact Commission," renamed as the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission in 1991, and its duty was to make recommendations for preventing the physical waste of gas and oil. Initially the commission had six members: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. It now has 31 member states, 7 associate states and 10 international affiliates (including 7 Canadian provinces and territories). The governor of each member state appoints an official representative who

pos: Massachusetts Department of Transportation transportation agencies on November 1, 2009. This change included: In June 2018, The Boston Globe reported 467 current and former Massachusetts Department of Transportation employees were using the E-ZPass transponders for free. This employee benefit that has been going on since at least 2009 costs the Massachusetts taxpayers approximately $1 million dollars per year. It is not clear if MassDOT has paid taxes on the benefit or reported it to the Internal Revenue Service, or who would be responsible if a payment to the IRS is required. As an executive department, the Governor of Massachusetts appoints the state Secretary of

pos: Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs The Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs (ODVA) is a department of the state of Oklahoma under the supervision of the Oklahoma Secretary of Veterans Affairs charged with providing medical and rehabilitative services for veterans and their families. The Department is governed by a nine-member Oklahoma Veterans Commission, who members are appointed by the Governor, with the approval the Oklahoma Senate for three-year terms. The Governor appoints members from names submitted by the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military Order of the Purple Heart, National Guard Association, Paralyzed Veterans of America, as

pos: Virginia Information Technologies Agency new arrangement, the Governor appoints the CIO, who reports to the Virginia Secretary of Technology. Virginia Information Technologies Agency The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) is an executive department that provides information technology services to other Virginia state agencies. It is headed by Virginia's Chief Information Officer (CIO). VITA is the designated provider of information technology (IT) services for government agencies and public bodies including local government entities and higher education. VITA provides computing and telecommunication services, which it groups as ‘custom infrastructure services’ and ‘bundled infrastructure services’. The ‘custom’ services are inclusive of the individual computing services required to

pos: Oklahoma State Department of Health Terry Cline resigned in 2017 as both the Cabinet Secretary and the Commissioner of Health amid discoveries of money mismanagement. Brian Downs is the Acting Commissioner until the OK State Board of Health appoints an Interim Commissioner. The State Board of Health is the governing body of the Health Department. The Board is composed of nine members appointed by the Governor of Oklahoma with the approval of the Oklahoma Senate. Each Board member serves a nine-year term. Eight of the nine members represent specific county regions of the state and one member is appointed to represent the state at large.

pos: Dan Moody 1925, Moody conducted investigations of the highly-corrupt James E. Ferguson, whose wife, Miriam A. Ferguson, was serving as the Governor of Texas. His investigation recovered $1 million for the taxpayers of Texas. In 1927, Moody defeated her in a runoff election and became the youngest governor of Texas. Suffragist activism provided a major contribution to her defeat as they rallied behind Moody and campaigned for him. Activist Jane Y. McCallum, who Moody would later appoint as his Secretary of State, hosted the campaign headquarters in her own home. She and her colleagues hired a secretary, and they sent "letters, editorials,

pos: Phil Wilson (Texas politician) San Antonio businesswoman Esperanza "Hope" Andrade, a previous Perry appointee to the Texas Transportation Commission. Wilson was preceded in the office by John Roger Williams, a businessman from Weatherford, who also stated in his resignation announcement that he intended to "pursue other opportunities". Wilson was previously Perry's deputy chief of staff. Perry personally swore Wilson into office as Secretary of State. In addition to handling election matters, the Secretary of State is the governor's liaison with Mexico and the state's officer of protocol. The office serves as the formal repository for official and business records, publishes government rules and regulations,

pos: New Mexico the Governor and other statewide elected officials including the Lieutenant Governor (elected on the same ticket as the Governor), Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, and Commissioner of Public Lands. The governor appoints a cabinet that leads agencies statutorily designated under their jurisdiction. The New Mexico Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. The judiciary is composed of the New Mexico Supreme Court and lower courts. There is also local government, consisting of counties, municipalities and special districts. Current Governor Susana Martinez (R) and Lieutenant Governor John Sanchez (R), were first elected in 2010, and

pos: George Bayoud of Texas, from which he graduated. Bayoud graduated thereafter from the University of Texas at Austin, at which he was the president of the Texas Cowboys and interned in the office of Republican U.S. Senator John Tower. He served in both administrations of Texas Governor Bill Clements, first as personal assistant to the governor and, in his second term, as chief of staff and then as Secretary of State of Texas. At the time, he was the youngest secretary of state in the nation. After leaving government, Bayoud and Clements founded Raven Interests of Texas, Inc., a real estate investments

neg: Secretary of the California State Senate for recording votes on the Senate floor. The secretary is one of three non-member officers selected for each two-year session; the body also appoints a chaplain and sergeant-at-arms. ("California's Legislature" (2006 edition), California State Assembly: Sacramento. p. 149) The current secretary of the Senate is Daniel Alvarez, who was first elected on October 15, 2014. The longest-serving secretary of the Senate was Joseph Beek, who served from 1919 to 1968 (with the exception of 1921, when he did not serve). Secretary of the California State Senate The Secretary of the California Senate is a nonpartisan officer of the Senate and

neg: West University Place, Texas odd-numbered year. Each member serves a term of two years. Members may serve for not more than two successive terms in each office. The council enacts legislation, adopts budgets, establishes policies and appoints the city manager, city secretary, city municipal court judges, prosecutors, and clerks. The City Council appoints the city manager to carry out the operations of the city. The city secretary maintains ordinances, resolutions, meeting minutes, and legally required publications. The city attorney gives the city council general counsel, litigation, contract review, and ordinance review. West University Place's sewage treatment plant and animal pound are located on a

neg: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board six years, ending on August 31 of odd-numbered years. The board appoints the Commissioner of Higher Education who oversees the daily operations of the board. Dr. Raymund A. Paredes is the current (as of 2014) Commissioner. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) is an agency of the U.S. state of Texas's government that oversees all public post-secondary education in the state. It is headquartered at 1200 East Anderson Lane in Austin. The board determines which Texas public four-year universities are permitted to start or continue degree programs. The board also evaluates degrees from other

neg: National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity of 18 members with carrying terms in office. An equal number of members are appointed by the Secretary of Education, the House of Representatives, and the Senate. The breakdown of these appointees is as follows: The Secretary of Education: The Secretary of Education appoints 6 members for three-year terms. Of these 6 appointees, the Secretary of State is also responsible for selecting the committee’s student member The House of Representatives: The House of Representatives appoints 6 members for 4-year terms. While the appointees are ultimately chosen by the Speaker of the House, the House Majority Leader and House Minority Leader

neg: Sunset Advisory Commission as Chapter 325 of the Texas Government Code). The commission has 12 members: 10 legislators and two public members. The leader of each chamber (the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate) each appoint five legislators and one public member. The chair and vice-chair rotate annually between the two chambers. The commission appoints a director who hires staff to carry out the agency's duties. Under the Sunset Act, every state agency (excluding universities, courts, agencies mandated under the Texas Constitution, or those specifically exempted by other legislative action)

neg: Texas Department of Public Safety through one of the two deputy directors, however, the Texas Rangers Division, the Emergency Management Division and the Legal Affairs Division all report directly to the director. The commission also appoints an inspector general to act as an inspector for the department, and a chief audit executive as part of the internal audit department known as the Chief Auditor's Office, who are both independent of the director. Texas Department of Public Safety The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a department of the government of the state of Texas. DPS is responsible for statewide law enforcement and vehicle regulation.

neg: Supreme Court of Texas grounds, behind the Texas State Capitol. By statute, the Texas Supreme Court has administrative control over the State Bar of Texas, an agency of the judiciary. The Texas Supreme Court has the sole authority to license attorneys in Texas, and also appoints the members of the Board of Law Examiners which, under instructions of the Supreme Court, administers the Texas bar examination. The Texas Supreme Court is the only state supreme court in the United States in which the manner in which it denies discretionary review can actually imply approval or disapproval of the merits of the lower court's decision

neg: Oklahoma State Election Board to implement programs for confirmation of voter registration and for removal of ineligible voters. The Secretary of the State Election Board also serves as the Secretary of the State Senate, and is elected by the State Senate. The current Secretary is Paul Ziriax. Each of Oklahoma’s 77 counties has a three-member county election board composed of two political members and the secretary of county election board as the at-large member. The county election boards are responsible to the State Election Board for governing elections within their county. The State Election Board appoints two members of each county election board, and

neg: Nandita Berry Nandita Berry Nandita Venkateswaran Berry (born April 14, 1968) is an Indian American attorney from Houston, who served as the 109th Secretary of State of Texas. An Indian native and naturalized American citizen, she assumed the role on January 7, 2014, upon appointment from then-Governor Rick Perry. She succeeded John Thomas Steen, Jr., a lawyer from San Antonio, who had served as secretary of state for thirteen months. Berry was one of six officials who make up the executive department of the Texas. Of those officials, five are elected, and only the secretary of state is appointed. The secretary of

neg: Army Science Board of the Army delegates oversight authority to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army, who appoints the ASB Executive Director. Terms are generally three years. The ASB is composed of distinguished individuals from the private sector, academia, non-DoD government agencies, and former senior military officers. Members are selected according to their preeminence in their respective fields, and are appointed to serve renewable three-year terms by the Secretary of the Army. Membership is carefully monitored to ensure that diverse disciplines and points of view are represented. The Secretary of the Army appoints the Chair and Vice Chair from within the ASB

neg: President of Vietnam President of Vietnam The President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam () is the head of state of Vietnam. Since Vietnam is a single-party state, the President is generally considered to hold the second highest position in the political system, after General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In addition, the president appoints the head of government, the Prime Minister. In this capacity, the President represents the government both domestically and internationally, and maintains the regular and coordinated operation and stability of the national government and safeguards the independence and territorial integrity of the country. The President appoints the

neg: Webb County, Texas Webb County, Texas Webb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 250,304. Its county seat is Laredo. The county was named after James Webb, who served as Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, and later judge of the United States District Court following the admission of Texas to statehood. By area, Webb County is the largest county in South Texas and the sixth largest in the state. Webb County includes the Laredo metropolitan area. Webb County was split in

neg: Government of Sacramento County, California the county. The Sacramento County Board of Education is composed of seven elected members who serve four-year terms. It governs the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), and appoints the Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools who is also its secretary. The Board of Supervisors appoints the appoint the County Executive, the Board of Law Library Trustees, the Civil Service Commission, and the County Counsel. The County Executive (County Executive Officer or CEO) plans, organizes, directs controls and coordinates County activities. The CEO appoints the: The Sacramento County Probation Department, under the Chief Probation Officer, supervises adult and juvenile offenders granted

neg: Nandita Berry 2014, that he is replacing Berry with Carlos Cascos, the Republican county judge of Cameron County in Brownsville in far South Texas. The appointment requires confirmation by the Texas State Senate. Nandita Berry Nandita Venkateswaran Berry (born April 14, 1968) is an Indian American attorney from Houston, who served as the 109th Secretary of State of Texas. An Indian native and naturalized American citizen, she assumed the role on January 7, 2014, upon appointment from then-Governor Rick Perry. She succeeded John Thomas Steen, Jr., a lawyer from San Antonio, who had served as secretary of state for thirteen months. Berry

neg: Oklahoma State Election Board Vacancies occur when a member fails to attend five consecutive meetings of the board or when a member changes the member's party affiliation. The State Election Board appoints the secretary of each county election board for a term of two years beginning on May 1. However, the State Election Board may remove the secretary of any county election board at any time. The secretary of each county election board is the chief administrative officer of that county election board and has general supervisory authority over the several precinct election boards within the county. In counties with at least 17,500 registered

neg: John Steen (Texas politician) John Steen (Texas politician) John Thomas Steen, Jr. (born c. 1949), is a lawyer from San Antonio, Texas, who served as the Texas Secretary of State from 2012 to 2014. Steen was appointed by Governor Rick Perry on November 27, 2012 after Esperanza Andrade resigned four days earlier from the position that she had held for more than four years. Steen is Texas' 108th Secretary of State and one of six officials to have formed the Executive Department of state government. After just over a year in the position, Steen resigned and was succeeded on January 7, 2014, by another

neg: Notary public (United States) the others) where a notary public can solemnize the rites of matrimony (perform a marriage ceremony). The Department of State appoints civil law notaries, also called "Florida International Notaries", who must be Florida attorneys who have practiced law for five or more years. Applicants must attend a seminar and pass an exam administered by the Department of State or any private vendor approved by the department. Such civil law notaries are appointed for life and may perform all of the acts of a notary public in addition to preparing authentic acts. Notaries public in Illinois are appointed by the Secretary

neg: Government of Uttar Pradesh Indian Administrative Service, the additional chief secretary or principal secretary serves as the administrative head of the department they are assigned to. Each department also has officers of the rank of secretary, special secretary, joint secretary etc. assisting the minister and the additional chief secretary or principal secretary. The judiciary in the state consists of the Allahabad High Court in Allahabad, the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court, district courts and session courts in each district or Sessions Division, and lower courts at the tehsil level. The President of India appoints the chief justice of the High Court of the

neg: 7th National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia 7th National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia 7th National Assembly was elected on the 13 July 2014 Slovenian parliamentary elections. Changes are expected when a new government was formed. MP's who have served as Prime Minister, Minister, State Secretary or Secretary-General of the government, cannot be MP any longer and are National Assembly appoints: According to the Article 118 of the Constitution at least 10 MPs can submit and interpellation against a minister or government as a whole. Prime Minister can, according to the Article 117 of the Constitution request a vote of confidence. If government does not win

neg: George Strake Jr. narrow victory over former Texas Secretary of State and Attorney General John Luke Hill, thus becoming the first Republican Governor elected in Texas in over 100 years. Strake was an alternate delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, in which all ninety-six Texas delegates were pledged to Reagan, narrowly defeated by the party nominee, President Gerald R. Ford Jr., who then lost Texas to Democrat Jimmy Carter. Strake served as Texas Secretary of State from 1979 to 1981 and ran unsuccessfully for Texas Lieutenant Governor against Bill Hobby in 1982, the last year thus far that

neg: Law of Texas agencies have promulgated an enormous body of regulations (sometimes called administrative law). The "Texas Administrative Code" contains the compiled and indexed regulations of Texas state agencies and is published yearly by the Secretary of State. The "Texas Register" contains proposed rules, notices, executive orders, and other information of general use to the public and is published weekly by the Secretary of State. Both are also available online through a website of the Secretary of State. The Texas legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas

neg: United States presidential eligibility legislation in January 2011 would require anyone running for elected office to furnish a birth certificate before being declared an eligible candidate." It failed to be voted out of a subcommittee. In January 2016, two Democratic legislators proposed barring the Secretary of State from placing on the ballot any presidential or vice-presidential candidate who was not a natural-born citizen. On November 16, 2010, Texas state representative Leo Berman introduced legislation requiring any candidate for president or vice president running in Texas to submit to the Texas Secretary of State an "original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United

neg: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation the public and outside organizations. All but two of the members are appointed by the President of the United States. Membership, as laid out in the 1966 Historic Preservation Act includes, the ACHP chairman, appointed by the President of the United States, who is selected from the general public. Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, who was the first architect to be appointed California State Historic Preservation Officer from 2004-2012, is chairman with a term of office: 2010-2013. The President re-appointed Donaldson for the term ending in 2017. In addition, the president also appoints other members, including the Secretary of the Interior,

neg: Esperanza Andrade from Laredo, held the position briefly in 1968 and 2001, respectively. On November 27, 2012, Perry appointed John Thomas Steen, Jr., also of San Antonio, to succeed Andrade as secretary of state. He is an attorney who previously served on the Texas Public Safety Commission and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Steen contributed $56,000 to Perry's past gubernatorial campaigns. Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State, Andrade was appointed by Governor Perry to the Texas Transportation Commission. She became interim chair of the transportation commission in January 2008, upon the death of its previous chair, Ric Williamson, a former

neg: Electricity sector in Honduras Resources and the Environment (SERNA), who chairs the Board; the Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Housing; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Industry and Commerce; the Minister of Foreign Cooperation; and a representative of the Honduran Council of Private Enterprise (COHEP).The Board appoints a General Manager, who acts as its Secretary but has no vote. Under the 1994 Electricity Law, generation may be undertaken by State, mixed ownership, or private entities. These entities are entitled to sell power to large consumers or to ENEE. As a result, private investors will mainly embark on new generation projects, including hydropower

neg: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew seed bank. Kew is governed by a board of trustees which comprises a chairman and eleven members. Ten members and the chairman are appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Her Majesty the Queen appoints her own trustee on the recommendation of the Secretary of State. the Board members are: The Director of Science is University of Oxford Professor Kathy Willis. Her deputy is Professor Monique Simmonds. Professor Mark Chase is Senior Research Professor. The Harvard University Herbaria and the Australian National Herbarium co-operate with Kew in the IPNI (International Plant Names Index) database, a

neg: George Strake Jr. George Strake Jr. George William Strake Jr. (born June 10, 1935), is a Houston, Texas, businessman and philanthropist who served as Texas secretary of state from January 16, 1979–October 6, 1981, during the administration of Republican Governor William Perry Clements Jr. He left the secretary of state’s position to begin fund raising for his 1982 race as the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. Strake was defeated by the then 10-year incumbent, Democrat Bill Hobby, also a Houston businessman. From 1983-1988, Strake was the Texas Republican state chairman. The chairman and president of Strake Energy, Inc., Strake enrolled in 1949 at

neg: Geoff Connor in January 2002. Following Shea’s swearing-in, Connor resumed his duties as Deputy Secretary of State. Upon Shea’s resignation, Governor Perry appointed Connor to be the 104th Secretary of State of Texas. Connor’s swearing-in ceremony was held on September 26, 2003. His tenure was noteworthy as the first Texas Secretary of State in recent history to use the office to promote Texas business internationally. He made use of the Secretary’s role as chief protocol officer for the state to encourage trade and foreign investment. During his time with the Secretary of State’s office, Connor led around a dozen trade missions to

neg: Factory and Workshop Act 1895 limewashing, of overtime, and lists of outworkers; among the third are the notice of beginning to occupy a factory or workshop, which the occupier must send within one month, report of overtime employment, notice of accident, poisoning or anthrax, and returns of persons employed, with such other particulars as may be prescribed. These must be sent to the chief inspector at intervals of not less than one and not more than three years, as may be directed by the secretary of state. The Secretary of State for the Home Department controls the administration of the acts, appoints the inspectors referred

neg: Wilmer, Texas Council is composed of a Mayor and five Council Members, which are elected at large on staggered two year terms. The City Council’s policy-making duties include adoption of the annual tax rate, water and sewer rates, annual operating budget, and regulatory ordinances. The City Council appoints the City Administrator, City Secretary, City Attorney, Municipal Judge, and board and commission members. Meeting agendas, public hearings, legal notices, and city ordinances are published in the official newspaper, Ellis County Press. The small city received national attention with the candidacy of James Brian Sliter for mayor, in the May 10, 2008 election. Sliter

neg: Ralph Munro County. · The Legacy Project, Office of the Secretary of State: "History Makers Details on Ralph Munro" · The Seattle Times, December 29, 2000: "Ralph Munro leaving a career carved in stone"; · Governor's news release, September 25, 2009: "Gov. Gregoire appoints Ralph Munro to WWU board of trustees"; · Puget Sound Business Journal, May 9, 2008: "Mud Bay archeological site has profound lessons for Ralph and Karen Munro" · Puget Sound Energy, press release June 3, 2008: "PSE recognizes Karen and Ralph Munro with 2008 Pioneer Award" Ralph Munro Ralph Munro is a retired Republican politician who previously served

neg: Carlos Cascos two daughters, Andrea and Cassandra. He is also currently the CPA at the Brownsville law firms of Pattillo, Brown & Hill and John T. Floyd. Cascos was elected county judge of Cameron County in far South Texas in November 2006, when he unseated the 12-year incumbent, Gilberto Hinojosa, who in 2012 became the current Texas Democratic state party chairman. In tapping Cascos for Secretary of State, Abbott said that Cascos has "proven leadership experience. [He is] someone who understands how government works, someone who can cultivate strong bonds along the border as well as someone who can advance Texas' interests

neg: National Junior Horticultural Association executive secretary. The program chairperson appoints national project leaders, and state program leaders. Youth officers must first be interviewed by the adult advisor(s), NJHA past president, NJHA current president, and the executive secretary (the nominating committee). The youth officers are nominated by that committee and are presented to the youth attending the convention. Youth officers are then elected at the NJHA annual convention from youth delegates their term is until the next year’s convention. The 2013-2014 National Junior Horticultural Foundation board members The youth officer team usually consists of three regional directors, secretary, vice president, president, and past president. The

neg: Edward Burleson Raymond two sons and wife. Edward Burleson Raymond Edward Burleson "E. B." Raymond (November 12, 1848 – October 19, 1914) was a rancher, politician, banker, and founder of Raymondville, Texas. Raymond, who was named after his father's friend Edward Burleson, was born in a log cabin on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas to Nathaniel C. Raymond and Lucinda Riggs Raymond. His father was Secretary of State under Governor James Throckmorton, and Secretary of the Texas Senate. E. B. Raymond came to South Texas on horseback in 1870. In his first years there, he herded cattle to Kansas. In 1874 he was

neg: Edward Burleson Raymond Edward Burleson Raymond Edward Burleson "E. B." Raymond (November 12, 1848 – October 19, 1914) was a rancher, politician, banker, and founder of Raymondville, Texas. Raymond, who was named after his father's friend Edward Burleson, was born in a log cabin on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas to Nathaniel C. Raymond and Lucinda Riggs Raymond. His father was Secretary of State under Governor James Throckmorton, and Secretary of the Texas Senate. E. B. Raymond came to South Texas on horseback in 1870. In his first years there, he herded cattle to Kansas. In 1874 he was hired by Richard King

neg: GMIS International participation on an Advisory Council and the Executive Board, and vendor participation to share emerging technologies and trends. GMIS is led by a ten (10) member Executive Board consisting of a President, four Vice Presidents (1st – 4th), a Chapter Development & Conference Coordinator, an International Director, an Executive Director (immediate past president), a Treasurer, and a Conference Chairperson. The Board appoints an Editor for the GEM (GMIS Education Material), newsletter and an Executive Secretary to manage Headquarters. The Board also appoints an Advisory Council each year, which is composed of IT leaders from member organizations, who provide advice to

neg: Galveston, Texas while the mayor is elected to a two-year term. The city council appoints the city manager, the city secretary, the city auditor, the city attorney, and the municipal judge. The city's Tax Collector is determined by the city council and is outsourced to Galveston County. The city manager hires employees, promotes development, presents and administers the budget, and implements city council policies. Joe Jaworski is mayor, having replaced term-limited Lyda Ann Thomas May 2010. Jaworski is also the grandson of Leon Jaworski, United States Special Prosecutor during the Watergate Scandal in the 1970s. Galveston is the seat and second-largest city

neg: Joseph Wilson Baines Joseph Wilson Baines Joseph Wilson Baines (January 24, 1846 – November 18, 1906) was Secretary of State of Texas and a member of the Texas state legislature. Baines was born in Mount Lebanon, Louisiana but his family moved to Anderson, Texas when he was four. He was a son of George W. Baines. He studied at Baylor University. In 1867 he moved to Collin County, Texas where he studied law under James W. Throckmorton. Baines was involved as owner and publisher of multiple papers in McKinney, Texas. From 1883-1887 Baines was the Secretary of State of Texas. Later starting in

neg: John Steen (Texas politician) of law in San Antonio, Steen served under appointment of Governor Perry as a commissioner of the Texas Department of Public Safety. He is a former gubernatorial appointee to the Texas Commission on Economy and Efficiency in State Government and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, on which he served for ten years, the last six as the chairman. John Steen (Texas politician) John Thomas Steen, Jr. (born c. 1949), is a lawyer from San Antonio, Texas, who served as the Texas Secretary of State from 2012 to 2014. Steen was appointed by Governor Rick Perry on November 27, 2012 after

neg: Manchaca, Texas Texas congressman, private secretary to Sam Houston and after Texas joined the Union, Secretary of State of Texas. The first post office to serve the area was the Manchac House post office that opened two miles south of the present-day location of Manchaca in 1851. The office closed the following year. Also in 1852, Miller negotiated the sale of the springs to Virginia native Adolphus Weir who ran a stagecoach stop on the property. Descendants of the Weir family retained land in the area until well into the 20th century. A second post office, located at the present-day site of

neg: Oklahoma Department of Corrections Thompson is serving as the Secretary. The internal structure of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is as follows: The Department of Corrections is governed by the seven-member Board of Corrections, who appoints the Director of Corrections. As the head of the Department of Corrections, the director supervises, directs, and controls the department. The director is assisted in managing the department by an associate director, six deputy directors and a general counsel (with the rank of deputy director). The Department of Corrections, with an annual budget of over $500 million, is one of the largest employers of the State. For fiscal

neg: Elton Bomer Secretary of State, an appointed office which handles state election matters and public documents and whose occupants over the years included even Stephen F. Austin. Bomer remained Secretary of State until Bush left office in December 2000. Bush's gubernatorial successor, his fellow Republican Rick Perry, invited another Democrat to become Bomer's successor as secretary of state, then State Representative Henry R. Cuellar of Laredo in South Texas, who in 2004 was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he remains. Bomer's successor in House District 11 was Todd Staples, the first Republican to hold the seat in the

neg: Harvard International Relations Council and appoints his or her Secretariat in coordination with the Secretary-General of HMUN. There are nine secretariat members: the Secretary-General, who is responsible for the conference as a whole, the Director-General, who is the administrative head of the conference, and seven Under-Secretaries-General in the various branches of the conference: administration, business, delegate relations, finance, and the three substantive organs, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Councils, and the Specialized Agencies. HNMUN staff is made entirely of Harvard undergraduate students. The staff selection process for one year's HNMUN conference begins immediately following the previous year's conference. First, the Secretary-General for

neg: Carlos Cascos officer of the Texas Border Security Council. Carlos Cascos Carlos Humberto Cascos (born September 18, 1952) is an American Certified Public Accountant and politician who was the 110th Secretary of State of Texas. He was appointed by his fellow Republican, Governor Greg Abbott, and was confirmed by the Texas State Senate on February 18, 2015. Cascos was born in the city of Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. He emigrated to the United States as a child and became a permanent resident and citizen during adolescence. Cascos studied at the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife,

neg: Ernst Raven He was reappointed to Texas in February 1861, when Texas was again an independent country and before it joined the Confederacy. The Duke never appointed him to the Confederacy itself. Confederate Secretary of State Judah Benjamin reported to the Confederate Congress, on September 22, 1862 that Raven was the only consul to request permission to act from the Richmond Government: The one agent who is excepted from these remarks is Ernst Raven esq., who was appointed consul for the State of Texas by his highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and who applied to this Government for an exequatur

neg: Anson Jones 1839. Back at home, he found himself elected to a partial term in the Senate, where he quickly became a critic of Lamar's administration. He retired from the Senate in 1841, declining the opportunity to serve as Vice President in favor of returning to his medical practice. Late in 1841, though, he was named Texas Secretary of State by President Houston, who had been recently been elected president again by opponents of Lamar. Jones served as Secretary of State until 1844. During his term, the main goal of Texas foreign policy was to get either an offer of annexation from

neg: Defence Ministry of Belarus Maltsev (1995–96), Colonel General Alexander Chumakov, a Russian officer, (1996–2001), Yuriy Zhadobin (2009–2014), and Andrei Ravkov (2014-present). The ministry is part of the Security Council of Belarus, interdepartmental meeting with a mandate to ensure the security of the state. The President, currently Alexander Lukashenko, appoints the Minister of Defense, who heads the ministry, as well as the heads of the armed services. These four appointees meet with the Secretary of the Security Council every two months. Security Council decisions are approved by a qualified majority of those present. Since 2014, the position of Minister of Defense has been fillef is

neg: Government of Texas agencies and is published yearly by the Secretary of State. The "Texas Register" contains proposed rules, notices, executive orders, and other information of general use to the public and is published weekly by the Secretary of State. The Texas Legislature is bicameral. The Texas House of Representatives has 150 members, while the Texas Senate has 31. The Speaker of the House presides over the House, and the Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate. It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government

neg: Bee County, Texas Elliot Bee, a political leader who had served as Secretary of War under Sam Houston and later, as Secretary of State under Mirabeau B. Lamar during the governmental period of the Republic of Texas. The early European settlers of this area were mainly Irish immigrants, but towards the end of the 1840s and early 1850s, more settlers from the Southern states began to move in and build settlements. The migration patterns suggest that many of these southern settlers came from the North and South Carolina, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The Roman Catholic faith was the state religion until the creation of

neg: Domingo Caycedo speared. He is freed under probation and he vanishes from the war theatre until the revolutionary triumph at the Battle of Boyacá (Puente de Boyacá) on August 7, 1819. Once again, after the revolutionary triumph of August 7, 1819, Caycedo returns to public life under the protection of Simón Bolívar. In 1827 he is appointed as Governor of Neiva, elected to Congress and ascended to General of the Army. He becomes part of the inner circle of Bolívar, whom in 1829, appoints him, first, as Secretary of the Interior and a year later as Secretary of State. Afterwards, Caycedo is

neg: Sam Houston B. Lamar, who, along with Burnet, led a faction of Texas politicians opposed to Houston. The Lamar administration removed many of Houston's appointees, launched a , and established a new capital, Austin. Meanwhile, Houston opened a legal practice and co-founded a land company with the intent of developing the town of Sabine City. In 1839, he was elected to represent San Augustine County in the Texas House of Representatives. Houston defeated Burnet in the 1841 Texas presidential election, winning a large majority of the vote. Houston appointed Anson Jones as secretary of state, Asa Brigham as secretary of the treasury,

neg: Pontifical Council for Culture such as UNESCO with regard to its field of interest. The permanent staff at the Council's headquarters consists of little more than a dozen people, including the President (currently Gianfranco Ravasi, the Secretary and the Under-Secretary. The Council has a slightly larger number of members, who are usually cardinals and bishops appointed by the Pope for five-year terms, who come together for the three-yearly plenary assemblies to evaluate the day-to-day running of the Council and to consider matters of special importance. The Pope also appoints consultors, who are yet more numerous (priests, religious, and laity predominate in this group), who

neg: Founders Memorial Cemetery who was a former First Lady of Texas. The tomb of her first husband, Hugh McCrory, a Texian Army veteran, is located at this cemetery. Also interred at Founders Memorial Cemetery is James Collinsworth, who was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, first Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, an interim Secretary of State of Texas, and Republic of Texas Senator. Another signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, John W. Moore is located here as well. A friend of William B. Travis, Moore eventually became the first Sheriff of Harris County, and later an alderman of

neg: Oregon Forest Resources Institute directors who represent small, medium and large forest producers, small woodland owners, forest sector employees, academia and the general public. The Oregon State Forester appoints 11 members. The others are ex officio: the dean of Oregon State University College of Forestry and a public representative appointed by the president of the Oregon State Senate and speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives. The Board of Directors consists entirely of representatives from the timber industry. The state forester appoints 11 dedicated individuals to a board of directors that governs the Oregon Forest Resources Institute. The state forester is charged by statute