Topics covered by these orders include declarations of disaster areas and formation of commissions. Records include action reports, travel vouchers for retrieving prisoners, extradition requests from other states, and investigation reports requested by the Governor to aid in his extradition decisions. Series includes background investigations of potential appointees by the State Police and correspondence. Correspondence includes endorsements for and complaints about the candidates, and requests from the Governor to the candidates for more information about their background. 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.