chief clerk of the department of stat

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chief clerk of the department of stat - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CHIEF CLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. This officer is appointed by the 
  secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice 
  under the superintendence of the secretary; and when the secretary shall be 
  removed from office, by the president, or in any other case of vacancy, 
  shall, during such vacancy, have the charge and custody of all records, 
  books and papers appertaining to such department,