The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-01-29

companies. He also would assume
the duties of the fire marshal.
The commissioner of banks also
would retain his present powers ex-
cept such quasi-judicial duties as the
closing Of banks, issuance of charters
and fixing of locations of new banks.
These powers would be vested in the
department.
The commissioner of securities
would assume the duties of the pres
ent commission of that name but all
semi-judicial duties would be trans
ferred to the department or at least
subject to review by the department
on application of an aggrieved party.
The securities commissioner also
would take over the duties of the col
onization commission.
A director or rural credits would be
named by the board to supervise the
duties now vested in the rural credits
commission.
Labor and Industry
The Department of Labor and In
dustry would be under the supervi-
sion of the State Industrial commits
sion, as now, to exercise the powers
now vested in that commission. In
addition a new division would be
created to be known as the division
of inspection to exercise the powers
now vested in the hotel inspector, oil
Inspector and all other inspectional
powers not assigned to some other
department under the provision of the
code accompanying the report.
Conservation Branch b.
Here is another new department
proposed by the interim committee,
designed to coordinate duties of scat
tered boards and commissions ana
effect saving in salaries and admin
istration.
However, the committee was sud-
denly confronted by an opinion fl ON
the attorney generals office Monday
night which made necessary some
changes in the original plans for this
department. This opinion was in re-
|lation to certain duties of the state
auditor, assigned to him under the
Minnesota Constitution, which cannot
be taken away from him, except by
constitutional amendment. What
these changes are cannot be foretold
until the interim committees bill is
offered in the House.
The interim committees report
calls for department of conserva-
ton under the supervision of COM
missioner of Conservation appointed
by the governor for two years and re-
movable by him with or without
cause. His salary would be $4,000 a
year.
The proposed department of con.
servation would be divided into three
divisions: Lands, timbers and waters
game and fish, mines and minerals
Each division would be under the SUI.
lpervision of one commissioner of con-
servation without term and at a sal,
airy to be fixed by the commissioner
The division of lands, timber and
water would exercise, as far as pos
sible, the powers now vested in the
state auditor in relation to state
lands and state parks, the duties now
imposed on the State Board of For.
estry, the powers now vested in the
Minnesota Land and Lakes Attrac.
tons boards, the authority now ex.
ercised by the commissioner of drain.
age and waters, the duties of the i'm.
migration commission except such as
were transferred by the committee to
the commissioner Of agriculture, the
powers now vested in the Land I'm.
provement board.
The division of game and fish would
assume the duties now imposed on
the game and fish commissioner anG
| the division of mines and minerals
would take over the duties now given
to the state auditor in relation tc
these.
Welfare Department
The Department of Welfare would
be under board of three commits.
sioners of welfare constituted as the
present Board of Control and exer.
cising most of the powers now dele.
gated to the State Board of Control
The Department of Welfare also
would inherit the duties now given to
the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty and the powers vested in the
| advisory commission of fbo Cfoto