The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-01-31

The reconstruction commission APP
pointed BY Governor smith Of New
York has presented a report prepared
b. 10 subcommittee ON s~ctrcnehmcnt.
m elaborate and thorough proposal
for the reorganization OF the whole
state administration.
The report shows that there are
now iA4 commissioner. bureaus. and
Offices n other STATE agencies con-
shutting the state administration,
with. Of coufAe. some overlapping of
function. duplication Ct wcrk. n
lack 81 coordination. No Roeoruor.
even IL he had fun power over these
numerous agencies. could hope 10 con-
troll and direct their activities or cars
cu. his constitutional responsibilities
Tor the direction OF the sdminialia-
ton.
The commission proposes the con-
.olioatlcn OF these lH7 aEenc.es irto
10 departments. each ununr a single
head (eNcept In the cases OF those
having quasl-judicial pOwers) APP
pointed b. the goNefnor. Al the head
% each Of these departments the eoN-
efnor can put n trusted representative
mediafies exercise better control than
he can by attempting TO deal with Isl
agencies directly. II -. In other
WordA q proposal OF a cabinet system
similar &c that OF the president % the
Al part Of this scheme, four eject.
i've state officers disappear. az toi-
lows: Tho state engineer u kur-
veyor IN abolished anu his work taken
over by the department OF public
works. a large and important depart
ment which IL already In existence.
The state Feasure ONCE becomes a
small bureau IN the department OF
taxation aud finance. The attcrneS
general M the secretary OF state
are made appointiye by the goVernor
and theIf o.hces are enlarged by the
addition Of appropriate functions.
which are now separately controlled
Important functions Of the comp
trOlier are transferred TO the depart
ment OF taxation and hi.ance. leaving
him simply ~ the head OF the depart
mient OF audit and control with pow
ers as denned by the title. The
comptroiler's Office remains elective.
as likewise 10 those OF governor and
lieutenant governor. These three viii
the~nccforward constitute h whole
state ticket.
(1he shortea; state ballot IL that OF
New Jersey whore the governor is The
only elective stale Oficer1
A thorough-goinE modern budget
procedure IN q part OF the proposed
plan aud provisions arr made Tor ma
chincry & classify salaries and pre-
pare a pension system FOR state vm-
pioyes. An Interesting dctail hat Will
be Of further use in making the gov
eminent OF the state comprehensive
10 It's citizens Is tho provision FOR o
division OF reports and special investi-
CATION IN the governors Office which
will edit all departmental reports with
a view 60 reducing the vast mnun 81
useless formal printing. Another in
tercsting detail IN a political hornet
nsst-the proposal TO establish q State
Record 70 carry all notices and an
-nouncements which now are adver-
tiscd IN an expensive and useless
fashion in the press; also to abolish
the printing Of the session laws in two
papers OF every county OF the state.
This advertising has been much used
In the past for the control OF the rural
press. Extension Of the governors
term 20 four years Oustcad OF twol.
is proposed. 30 tha, the number uf
state officials 70 be elected In n our
year cycle would De three instead OF
fourteen.
The minor state elective Offices IN
situated. An has, we want Is for the
people OF Inc country TO be Informed
on this matter. and we feel