<Li> Preparation, sealing, and recording of the commissions of Presidential appointees </Li> <Li> Preparation and authentication of copies of records and authentication of copies under the Department's seal </Li> <Li> Custody of the Great Seal of the United States </Li> <Li> Custody of the records of former Secretary of the Continental Congress except for those of the Treasury and War departments </Li>

The head of the executive branch of a state government is the speaker of the house