The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-26

The consolidation into eighteen
departments Of the liz permanent
officers, departments, institutions,
borads, commissions and other agen-
cies Of the executive department OF
the Connecticut state government
a recommended in the report Of the
state reorganization commission
which was submitted to the governor
yesterday, an announcement made
public by the commission showed.
Department
The names of the eighteen pro-
posed departments, with a brief
reference to the activities assigned
to each, follow:
/. Executive offices: Governor
governors cabinet, lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary Of the state, attor-
ney general, state board Of pardons
and governors staff.
2. Finance and control: Budget
ing, personnel, purchasing, account
ing and treasury.
3. Taxation: Municipal taxa
ton and finance, corporation, in
heritance, excise taxes, including
gasoline, and foreign insurance
company taxes.
4. Public Safety: State police,
motor vehicles, aeronautics, boxing
and wrestling, traffic regulation
liquor control and occupational
licensing.
S. Military: Management of mil
ltary forces, armories, equipment
and other military property.
6. Education: Activities of board
of education, including norma.
schools, Teachers College and State
Trade schools, state college, agri-
cultural experiment stations, local
libraries, education OF the deaf, anc
teachers retirement.
z. Public Welfare: Non-inStitu-
tional welfare activities including
unemployment relief and aid to the
bind, and certain activities with re-
spect to mental hospitals, tubercu-
losis sanatoria, other hospitals, penal
institutions and correctional tnsti-
buttons.
8. Health: Activities Of depart
1nent of health, pure food and drugs,
regulation Of professions and voca-
tioas, mosquito elimination.
O. Industrial relations: Activi-
ties Of department of labor and fac
tory inspection, workmen's compen-
sation, mediation and arbitration.
10. Highways: Activities Of high
way department, Merritt highway
commission, Hartford-East Hartford
bridge commission.
II. Public Works: Activities of
state water commission and other
water agencies, building construc-
ton, maintenance Of general state
real property.
IL. Agriculture: Activities OF
departments of agriculture and do
nestle animals; agricultural activi-
ties Of dairy and food department.
IL. Parks and forests: State
parks, forests and historical sites.
IA. Fisheries and game: Activi-
tieJ OF board of fisheries and game
and of shell fish commissioners.
Is. Banking: Activities of bank
ing department.
Is. Insurance: Activities of in
surance department, except taxa
ton.
II. Public utilities: Activities OF
public utilities commission, except
technical regulation Of motor vehi-
Giles.
IS. Professional and vocational
licensing: Examining and licensing
activities ftwenty-one examining
and licensing boards.
Single Aim
This reorganization program"
the commissions announcement
state, has the single aim Of pro-
viding an administrative organiza-
ton for the state government which
viii be manageable and which will
be capable Of providing the state
service economically and efficiently.
1.-THE program contemplates the
making of the governor the chief
executive of the state in fact as well
as in name by imposing upon him