1955-1956 - Edocs

Honorable LeRoy Collins
Governor
State of Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF STATE
STATE OF FLORIDA
Tallahassee, Florida
January 1, 1957
Dear Governor:
As required by law I have the honor to transmit herewith
the biennial report of the Office of Secretary of State
for the calendar years 1955-1956.
In previous years my letter of transmittal has dealt more
or less with the breakdown of the various divisions under
the office and the duties and activities of the same. I shall
make this letter of transmittal brief and not attempt to elaborate.
Two years ago my letter of transmittal went into more
detail.
With this report I should like to emphasize the rapid
growth of the volume of work being handled. The office
primarily intended to be a record office, and it still is, has
been expanded in its functions and duties. It has become not
only a record office, but a service office. It is the amazing
increase in the service functions that I should like to refer to.
CORPORATION DIVISION
In the corporation division where all the charters or
articles of incorporation must be processed and filed, the
number of new corporations coming in day by day and
month by month is proof of an almost unbelievable rate of
increase. Though our State does not rank higher than about
twelfth or thirteenth in population among the forty eight
states of the Union, it ranks third in the number of new
corporations formed month by month and this rate was
achieved and maintained for most of last year.