(a) In addition to being a state staff officer, the Adjutant General shall be the Chief-of-Staff to the Commander-in-Chief and the administrative head of the Military Department.

(b) He or she shall perform the duties prescribed for him or her in this code and in the regulations issued thereunder and in the statutes of the United States.

(c) He or she shall direct and supervise the functions and duties of the chief-of-staff departments.

(d) He or she shall hold office as provided in the National Defense Act as amended.

(e) He or she shall superintend the preparation of all returns and reports required by the United States from the state.

(f) He or she shall have the custody of all military records, correspondence, and other military documents.

(g) He or she shall be the medium of military correspondence with the Governor and perform all other duties pertaining to his or her office prescribed by law.

(h) He or she shall keep a register of all the officers of the military forces of the state.

(i) He or she shall keep in his or her office all records and papers required to be kept and filed therein. He or she shall make such reports to the Governor, at such times as the Governor may require, of all the transactions of his or her department, setting forth the number, strength, and condition of the active militia and such other matters as he or she may deem important, including a detailed statement of all the expenditures for military purposes during that fiscal year.

(j) He or she shall, at the expense of the state, when necessary, cause the military law, instruction pamphlets, orders, and the general regulations of the state and the United States to be printed, indexed, and distributed as deemed necessary.

(k) He or she shall cause to be prepared and issued all necessary blank books, blank forms, and notices required to carry into full effect the provisions of this code. All such books and blanks shall be and remain the property of the state.

(l) He or she shall procure and keep in his or her office a seal for the authentication of all certificates and other instruments emanating from his or her office, the device upon which such seal shall consist of a star with five (5) points with the words, "Office of the Adjutant General, State of Arkansas," around the margin and shall deliver the seal to his or her successor. He or she shall attest all commissions issued to military officers.

(m) He or she shall keep a just and true account of all state expenses necessarily incurred, including pay of officers and enlisted personnel, allowances to officers and organizations, and any other moneys required to be disbursed by him or her and through his or her office, including subsistence of the militia, transportation of the militia and of all military property of the state; and such expenses shall be audited and paid in the same manner as other military accounts are audited and paid.

(n) The Adjutant General may, at his or her discretion, inspect all units of the militia.

(o) For the purpose of effectively carrying out the terms of this code, the Adjutant General shall have the power to prescribe such rules and regulations as he or she may from time to time deem necessary.