Weekly journal-miner., 1921-02-16
lFrom Tnesdav,s Dailvl

plans tor an entire reorganization ot the administration of Arizona are set forth in a special message from Gov ernor Campbell, presented to the leg islature yesterday. One plan calls TOT changes which can be effected by .the legislature; the other would require constitutional changes, The message i'll part reads as follows:
 Present Organization
 The administrative branch of the more than fifty separate offices. boards, commissions, departments, bu- reauS, and other agencies. They arc nearly all independent of one another and in many cases they are subject to no direct and effective control by the governor While the governor has in a number of instances the power of appointment and removal, his more important appointments are made with the approval of the sen ate, and ill nearly every case the officers appointed serve for longer terms than that of the governor. Not only are the administrative. offices and agencies widely scattered, but the main functions of the government are not coordinated No attempt has been made to departmcntalize the work of the government. Although the governor is known as the 'chiei executive" under the constitution, a term which implies full power and authority to control the administrat- i've organization, he Is in reality far from possessing such power and au- thority. Recently the governor has had fixed upon him the responsibility for budget-making and for carrying out the financial plan. Unified finan- cial planning with a great number oi Independent and scattered admins trativc agencies Is impossible; and even ii 1t were possible, the governor Is in no position to carry out the budget plan since he cannot control the organization with which he must do the work
 Of the fifty-two separate officers and agencies carrying ont the admin istrative work of the state govern ment. nine are elected by the voters ten are entirely or ill part eX-officiO and five are appointed by agencies other than the governor. Twenty seven of the fifty-two administrative agencies are boards or commissions These consist of from three to eight members, usually appointed by the governor with the consent of the sen ate for overlapping terms varying from two to eight years.
 Reorganization Principles
 State reorranization plans are based on the following general principles which have been adopted by Illinois and other states:
 l. The consolidation of all admin istrative offices, boards commissions departments, bureaus, and other agencies of the state into a few de partments, each of which is responsi- ble for the conduct of a major func- ton of the government, such as agrl- culture, finance, welfare and public works.
 2 The heading of each department by single officer appointed and re movable by the governor. This fixes definitely responsibility for the ad. ministrative work of the government and makes the governor in act, as well as in theory, the responsible chief executive of the state. The de partment heads constitute a cabilei to advise with the governor in nar ters Of administration and to assisi him in budget making. This prin- ciplc involves the reduction of elec- tive administrative officers to two the governor and auditor, the latter to act as an independent check upou tHc administration.
 B Boards or commissions are not to be used for purely administrative work They are generally found in efficient owing to division of powers aad absence of initiative and rcspon- sibility. Ex-officio boards are never effective.
 4 The extension of the term oi the governor to four years and thc careful adjustment ofNthc terms oi the department heads with reference to that of the governor.
 5. The grouping of related offices and work in each of the several dc partmcntS into appropriate bureaus O. divisions.
 c. A budget system ycstiug in the governor the full responsibility foI presenting to the legislature con solidated budget containing all cx penditurcs which in his opiuior should he made by the state, and ; proposed plan for financing these ex penditures-such a budget 10 repre- sent the work of the governor anC his cabinet.
 Proposed Plan of Administrative
 Reorganization Without Con-
 stitutional Changes.
 The following plan of administrative reorganization is proposed for immc diatc action. It does not require con sti;utional changes The eleven con stitutional officers and agencies namely, the governor, state auditor secretary of state, state treasurer, at torncy general superintendent of pub liz instruction, mine inspector, stat examiner. state board Of education corporation commission, and boar, boards and agencies are with two , exceptions Commissioners for pro notion of uniform legislation an, state board of examiners for teach crs) consolidated into eight depart mcntS
 ]. Department Of Finance
 2. Department Of Agriculture.
 3. Department of Public Welfare
 A. Department of Public Work p.,T1Jtpyr-