A surveyor-general, who surveys the public lands, and keeps in his office maps of counties and townships;
A State engineer, who superintends the construction and repair of canals and levees;
A commissioner of statistics, who collects statistics relating to public interests;
A commissioner of immigration, who attends to the interests of immigrants;
A labor commissioner, who looks after the interests of the laboring classes;
A bank inspector, or superintendent of banking, who inspects State banks for the protection of the public; and
A State examiner, who investigates the conduct of State institutions, and inspects the State offices, in order to secure honesty and efficiency in public affairs.
In some States two or more of these offices are combined, and in others their duties are performed by the higher officers of the State.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
1. What is the term of office and what the name of the governor of this State?