Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1942-10-09

Abolition of 20 boards, commission
and state agencies has been recon-
mended by Gov Sam c. Ford's COM
mittee on reorganization and econ
omy, including separation of the di-
vision of labor from the department
of agriculture, labor and industry.
recommendations included:
Abolition of the state board of vot-
ing machine commissioners, trans
ferring its functions to the secretary
of state.
Abolishing the state boards of can
vassers and transferring functions to
the secretary of state with the re-
ouirement that the tabulation and
certification be made in public at an
announced time or in the presence OF
two or more elected offices.
Abolition of the furnishing commits
sion and transference of its functions
to the state board of examiners.
Adjustment of the furnishing
board, which operates in practice as
the board of examiners, and trans
ference of its functions specifically to
the board of examiners.
Consolidation of the state board OF
forestry and the state park COM
mission.
Abolition of the science commission,
composed of the presidents of the uni
versity units, vesting its responsible
ity in the forestry and park commits
sion
Abolishing the state library extern
sion commission and the board OF Ii
brary commissioners, with functions to
be vested in the state superintendent
of public instruction.
Discontinuance of the board OF
trustees of the law library, placing the
library directly under the jurisdiction
of the supreme court of the chief JUS
tice
Abolishing the office of custodian OF
records of the Grand Army OF the Re
public and United Spanish War Vet
Grams and transferring its functions to
the historical library.
Discontinuance of the Montana ag-
ricultural conservation board, as It's
functions now are performed by the
state soil conservation committee ana
the grass conservation board.
Abolishing the state board OF arbl-
tration and Cancellation, a board which
never has functioned, and transferring
it's functions to the division of labor.
Abolition of the milk control and
stallion registration boards, transfer
ring functions to the livestock SAM
tary board.
Abolishing the board of entomology
and transferring its necessary func-
lions to the board of health.
Tranferring the custody OF unused
fair property to the purchasing
agent, who is responsible for custody
of all state property.
Transfer of the licensing of rail-
road ticket agents from the secretary
of state to the state board of equaliza-
ton and the collection of producers
privilege and license taxes from the
oil conservation board to the same
board in conformity with the general
policy that the board of equalization
be made responsible for the collection
of all moneys due the state and for
issuance of licenses.
Transfer of the pure food functions
of the board of food distributors to
the board of health and the fair trade
practice regulation from the food
distributors to the Montana trade COM
mission.
Change the designation of state en-
tomologist and Montana grain in
spection laboratory, now located with
in Montana State college at Bozeman,
so they cease to exist as separate legal
entities and vest their responsibilities
directly in the college.
Change the designation Of the state
bureau of mines and geology as q