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STATE AGENCIES ARE
GROUPED IN NINETEEN
DIFFERENCE DEPARTMENT
Governors Reorganization Bill Is III
troduced In The Assembly. Com
MISSIONS Plan Closely Followed.

AnnaDOliS Md, Jan. 17.-COnt2ln-
ing practically 10 change from the
plan for the reorganization of the
State government into 10 separate
departments as adopted by Governor
Ritchie's Reorganization Commission
the bill to bring about the proposed
consolidation was introduced INTO
the Assembly tonight.
Governor Richie, who had been
working Oh the bill for several weeks
before his illness, had it presented to
the lawmakers IN printed form. II
is a voluminous piece of legislation,
as it changes the law regarding prac-
tically every State department board
or commission. 1t is in ~ printed
pages.
Departments Proposed
The 10 departments proposed I'm
der the bill follow:
Executive, Finance, Law Ed
ucation State Board of Agricul-
ture and the Regents OF the IN
iyersity OF Maryland, Militia,
Welfare, Charities, Health, Pub
lie Works, Public Safety. Con-
servation, Public Utilities, State
Industrial Accident Commission,
Commission of Labor and Sta
tistics, State Employment and
Registration Inspector OF To-
bacco, Maryland State Board OF
Censors. Maryland Racing Com
mission.
Places Abolished
The bill as did the, original re-
organization plan, calls for the
abolition of the present Board OF
Prison Control the Advisory BoarG
Of Parole and Pardons, the ConserVa-
ton Commission, the deputy insur-
ance commissioner and several other
minor places.
In place of the Board of Parole
there is to be single Parole Com
missioner under the Executive De-
partment. There is to be a Director
of Prisons to replace the Board OF
Prison Control and he is to work un-
der the Director of the Department
of Public Welfare, which is to have
charge OF all State institutions Ter
the insane and all penal institute onS-
Maryland's conservation work, IN
der the bill, is to be directed by d
single head instead OF by a board
of three, as at present. Ihe Statc
Roads Commission as at present coli
Roads Commission, as at present con-
stituted, is abolished, but the office
of director of the Department OF
Public Works, is created to CORES
pond with that of the present CHAIR
man of the State Roads Commission,
with the additional duties OF super
vising the erection of all pubic
buildings and other work of that ma
ture. The two other members oI
the present State Roads Commission
continue but without their present
salaries. They are to be advisory.
unpaid members.
Tive Major Changes
Probably the two greatest changes
are in the proposed new Department
of Finance and in the Department OF
Welfare.
Under the Department of Finance
is brought all the State agencies
which have anything to do with re-
ceiving or disbursing State funds
and all other agencies which have to
do with financial institutions of any
kind. The State Comptroller ant
the State Treasurer are heads of the
two main subdivisions of this depart
ment, under which are brought the
State Tax Commission, to remain as
at present constituted; the State
Auditor who will have charge of
auditing for all State departments
and take over much of the account
ing work now done by individual
auditors in the offices of the 1nsur-
ance Commissioner and Banking
Commissioner; the Insurance and
Banking Commissioners and the
State Purchasing Agent.
Monthly Accounting Required
Provision is made in the proposed
law for monthly accountings to the
State Comptroller by all State insti-
buttons and departments of funds in
their hands or disbursed during the
month, and it is also provided that
all agencies for collecting money for
the State through fees, taxes or other
wise shall also make frequent ac~
counting to the Comptroller.
countings to the COMPTROLLER.
Under this scheme the State
Treasurer and State Comptroller
shall serve four years, instead of two
as at present, with a bigger salary
for the Comptroller because prac-
tically all his time may be required
for his State duties. AS both of
these are constitutional offices, how
ever, the changes must be made
through constitutional amendment.
This amendment was introduced to-
night in connection with the Reor-
ganiZation bill.
Director OF Welfare
The Department of Welfare is 20
DE under a Director of Welfare, who
shall be a salaried, full-time official
and who shall have with him an ad-
visory board which shall be unpaid.