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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1980
Page
5
Secretary Jack Brier notes letters asking if a yellow brick road exists in Kansas arrive when The Wizard of Oz airs on national TV. The response to children’s inquiries: Kansas is a Land of Oz and invites visits, a job that showcases his varied duties.
Secretary of State by law has 475 statutory duties some of which Brier speculates his office is assigned by the Legislature for lack of anywhere else to turn Up until a few years ago we used to license private detectives Brier said In exchange they gave us the cemeteries The office put out over 60 000 notices in an attempt to locate cemeteries operated for profit Cemeteries supported by churches or tax dollars are exempt from the audit of permanent maintenance funds for perpetual care The office received 53 responses Any discrepancies are turned over to the attorney general s office but only when a charge is filed do they become public So secret were the audits that not until recently were the cemetery owners allowed to see the results Brier said Another law still on the books which requires oversight by the office is the maintenance of records indicating the gauge of railroad tracks Believed to be a safeguard for railroads which wanted only their trains to travel the tracks the secretary of state is required to report any changes in track size Brier admits the duty requires little time By default is how Brier claims his office acquired the duty of settling boundary disputes and having jurisdiction over abandoned river channels and islands
Pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code, the transfer of all right title and interest in the business inventory materials supplies goods fixtures and merchandise from Indix Home Systems Inc to Commodore Home Systems Inc becomes effective June 30 1980. Transferee bound to pay the transferor's debts in full. Transferor Bendix Home Systems Inc Syracuse Indiana 46547. Also notices OA Ottawa city governing body to improve trafficways and streets.
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