New Jersey Revised Statutes § 52:16a-2 - Secretary Of State; Appointment; Salary; Term; Vacancy

52:16A-2. Secretary of State; appointment; salary; term; vacancy
The head of the Department of State shall be the Secretary of State who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall serve during the term of office of the Governor. He shall receive such salary as shall be provided by law. Any vacancy occurring in the office of Secretary of State shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term only.

The person in office as Secretary of State on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, shall hold the office of Secretary of State in the Department of State established hereunder for the unexpired period of the term for which he was appointed, and until his successor is appointed and qualifies.

L.1948, c. 445, p. 1757, s. 2.


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