There is created the department of state through which the secretary of state, who shall be the chief officer of the department, shall administer the duties imposed upon the secretary of state by law.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-3-2101
Creation — Secretary of state as chief officer
Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 7; T.C.A., § 4-338; modified.
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