SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, government. The
principal officer in the Department of State. (q. v.) He shall perform
such duties as shall be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the
president, agreeably to the constitution, refative to the
correspondences, commissions or instructions to or with public ministers
or consuls from the United States, or to negotiations with foreign
states or princes, or to memorials or other applications from foreign
public ministers or foreigners, or to such other matters respecting
foreign affairs as the president of the United States shall assign to
such department. The secretary shall conduct the business of his
department in such manner as the president shall, from time to time,
order or instruct. Act of 27th July, 1789 act of 15th Sept: 1789, s. 1.
Besides these general laws, there are various, others which impose upon
him inferior and less important duties.
2. His salary is six thousand dollars per annum. Act of 20th Feb. 1819.
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