The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-04-30
INQUIRY BOARD
 FINDINGS SWAT
 LOOSE SYSTEM
C o n d emns 'Haphazard' Government and Pre-
 sents Eight New Bills

iOi Jllt 1UVeStlBdClOn or the con duct of Territorial Offlcas-some. times called the "Benzine Board, Hast night made known it's finl ings, recommendation and submi ted eight bills designed to correc some of the defects found.
 It condemned the system a "haphazard" government, and at tributed much of the existing dis, cord and conflict to the person ality of the several officials anc to their attitudes toward the prc5- lems confronting them"
 Text of Report
 T he Committee, composed 0. Senasor Hess, Chairman, and Sen ators Lomen, Benjamin and Ba- gaw, and Representatives Vim Hellerich, Murray and Donnelley has conducted hearings for almosl six weeks. It has held meetings almost daily. It's findings ano recommendation were unanimous
 Its report follows in part: Our system for the conduct of the business of the Territory has been built up in haphazard way Whenever a seeming need has arisen new office was created to meet the need and the officer given certain specific powers and duties. But there has been at no time an effort at correlation, and there are many instances in which the business of the Terri tory cannot be carried on in an efficient manner If the several of- ficers observe the strict letter of the law which created their of fices.
 There has reAn. and still Is a considerable amount of friction between the different offices of the Territory, much of which, In the opinion of your Committee, Is directly traceable to the personal ity of the several officials and to their attitude toward the prob leps that confront them. There appears to be little effort to com promise their differences.
 The looseness with which the laws creating the several offices were drawn is the primary cause of the whole difficulty. These laws should be clarified and made specific in many places and chang es made in them in others.
 Standing Committee Proposed
 "Your Committee has had sev- eral bills drawn which are in- tended to correct some of the ills that came to its attention. These bills will be introduced in the Senate and we recommend them to your favorable consideration and for passage.
 Your Committee realizes that the time that could be devoted to the matter referred to 1t was en- tirely too short and that much still remains to be done. Differ ences and difficulties will con- tinue to arise and your Commit tee recommends that perma- nent standing joint committee for correlation of public offices be ap- pointed at the beginning of the 1883 Session of the Legislature, whose duty it shall be to examine into the conduct. of all Territorial offices and to recommend legis,a- ton to correct any conflict in the laws relating to the duties of the several officers"
 New Board Created
 The first step toward smoothing out friction, the Committee pro- posed, is the creation of Board of Examiners composed of the Governor as Chairman, the Treas urer and Attorney General. Where any claim against the Territory is disallowed by the Auditor, the claimant could appear before this Board on an appeal, and 1t is au- thorized to affirm, reverse or mod fly the decision of the Auditor. Its judgment shall be binding on that official.
 Two other bills designed to straighten out questions of pro- cedure involving the Commissioner of Education and the Auditor, re- quires the filing of duplicate cer- tificates relative to organization of district schools with the Audi tor Another measure would re- quire each department head to inventory all the Territorial prop erty under his control.
 Must Have Audit
 Another proposed law would re- quire every officer, board and in- stitution of the Territory to under go an audit whenever required to do so by the Governor. and at least 30 days before the term of office of any officer expires
 Another measure provides for replacement of the Auditor by the Attorney General on the Terri torial Banking Board. On the
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