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Record Group Number: 000151
Series/Collection Number: .S 2321
Creator: Florida. Office of Secretary of State.
Title, Dates: List of registered electors in Leon County, 1874-1876.
Amount: 1 cubic ft.
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Biographical/Historical:     The Office of the Secretary of State was created in 1845 to maintain the State's public records.  In 1969 (Ch. 69-106, Laws), the Office of Secretary of State became part of the Department of State.  The Secretary of State keeps records of all official acts of the Legislature and the Executive Department.  The Secretary and the Department administer elections, public records, the Great Seal, and the Administrative Code; issue charters to corporations; and manage the state's library services, archives, cultural affairs, museum, and historic resources.  The Secretary is the Chief Cultural Officer and the Chief Protocol Officer of the State.  The post of Secretary of State was one of the elected Cabinet posts until January 3, 2003, the effective date of a 1998 constitutional amendment eliminating the office from the Cabinet and making the department responsible to the governor, with the Secretary of State position a gubernatorial appointment.

Summary:     This series consists of several copies of a list of registered electors, or voters, in Leon County for the General Election in 1874. Charles H. Edwards, Leon County's Clerk of the Court, signed and certified the copies on November 1, 1876. The Office of the Secretary of State may have produced these lists to distribute among the county's precincts; some are inscribed with community names and numbers: Tuscawilla No. 7, Tallahassee No. 2, Belair No. 6, and Lake Hall No. 8.

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Subject Access Fields: Florida. Office of Secretary of State.
Elections Florida
Voter registration Florida
Voting precincts.
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Leon County (Fla.)
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