Series 3530
Secretary of State Compiled digest of administrative reports

Dates: 1957-1966.

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These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Scope and Content

This series comprises annual reports submitted to the Secretary of State by Utah State government commissions, boards, departments, and other institutions, as required by chapter 153 of The Laws of Utah, 1957. Reports were edited for content, brevity, and uniformity and compiled into a single volume to be printed and published for the use of the legislature, governor, and other essential purposes.

Reports to the Secretary of State were to include (1) a detailed statement of important official acts of the governing board of each agency, (2) growth and condition, (3) report of chief executive officer, (4) list of officials and their salaries, (5) estimate of cash value of real and personal property, (6) estimate of cash value of real and personal property of state in connection with institution, and (7) an inventory of real and personal property. General contents included a detailed statement of the manner in which all appropriations were expended and other material intended for the legislature, governor, and other uses. Excluded was financial data included in the State Auditor's financial report.

Arrangement

Chronological

Annual compilations are chronological by fiscal year. Within each volume, reports are broadly grouped according to agency function or type, with functions being listed in alphabetical order: elective offices, education, general control, health, highways, natural resources, public welfare, public safety, regulatory, sundry boards and commissions, and various other agencies. Within each function category, individual agencies appear in random order.

Related Records

Public documents serial set from the Secretary of State, Series 240, includes biennial reports and is the predecessor to the compiled digest of administrative reports.

Custody History

The Secretary of State compiled, printed, and published digest volumes which were distributed to the legislature, governor, and other agencies. Copies were transferred to the Utah State Archives and Records Service.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public: Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

Microfilming of the administrative reports was done in October 1975. Archival processing of these records was completed in February 1999 by W. Glen Fairclough, Jr.

Indexing Terms

  • State government publications—Utah.
  • Utah—Officials and employees—Records and correspondence.

Container List

REEL BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
1 1 1 1957 Jun 30
1 1 1 1958 Jun 30
1 1 2 1959 Jun 30
1 1 3 1960 Jun 30
1 1 4 1961 Jun 30
1 1 4 1962 Jun 30
2 2 1 1963 Jun 30
2 2 2 1964 Jun 30
2 2 3 1965 Jun 30
2 2 4 1966 Jun 30

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