Container 8 - 9 Series documents communications and activities of the Legal Counsel's Office. Series includes affidavits, depositions, legal briefs, and correspondence. Correspondence includes requests for the Governor to intervene in judicial matters, complaints as to penitentiary conditions, reports of the cost of extraditions, and requests for legal opinions. Topics include legal status of Sheriff's Posse Comitatus, juvenile corrections systems, costs of law enforcement, data processing security, executive clemency, and penitentiary conditions. Management Council advises the Governor and assists in the operation of the Executive branch of Government.
Series includes policy plans, meeting minutes, and cost savings program files.
The advisor's position is appointed by the Governor. Series includes reports, correspondence, maps, and petitions. Correspondents include the Army Corps of Engineers, forest industries, local governments, and state agencies. See the container list . Information includes dates and subjects of each release.