The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29

as he may need. He will be in charge of budgeting, pe-audtng accounting purchasing, property control and treasury management
 The Act also creates Office of Auditor. The Auditor is to be elected by the Legislature for term of six years by majority vote of the House and Senate in joint session and may be removed by two thirds vote of the House and Senate, each voting iindependently Tn the event of vacancy in the Ioffice an interim appointment may be made by the Board of Admins ration The Auditor is required to audit at least once each biennium the books accounts records of every department officer board insti- tution municipality other political subdivision or agency and individual engaged in handling funds of or having custody of property or making financial transactions for 5he Territory
 The new Board of Administration is directed to inquire into the whole orgsnzaonal structure of the government of the Territory and into the admin istr8ive practices of af of it's agencies and to make Recommendations the Twenty first Legislature for improving the structure and practices
 The Act carries an appropriation of s22oOoo in addition 10 transfer that may be made from present offices for the Department of Fhlanoes4 end S35000 for the Office of Auditor
 The members Of the uewly-created Board of Ad- mnstration in addition the Governor the Attorney General and the Tax Commissioner are Senators Gun hard Eneeoreth and Steve McCutcheon and Represen- tatiyes William Esan and Glen Franklin Legislative alternates chosen gre Senators Anita Garmck and IDr R. M Mackenzie and Representatives George Aladsen and Andrew Hope.
 Qualification of these legislators to serve on the Board was attacked on the Senate floor during the closing minutes of the session last Friday evening bv Senator Howard Iyng Nome Democrat and senior member of the Senate.
 senator Lyngs objection to the Board selections vas based in part literal interpolation Of Sec ion Il of the Organic Act which follows in is entiIety. ut4t
 Sec n Legislators holding other office: That no member Of the legislature shall hold be appointed to any office which has been created, the salary ar emoluments of which have been increased, while he was a member during the term for which he was elected and year after the expiration of such term; and no person holding commission or ap- pointment under the United States shall be member of the legislature or shall hold any office under the government of said territory.
 Also cited by Senator Lyng is Senate Bill l6, passed in this session of the Legislature which pro yides that after March 19, 1851, member of the Alaska Legislature shall be appointed to serve on any Territorial board commission"
 Early in the session, legislators were cautioned by Governor Gruening against nasty legislation This was sound advice and houd have been followed care fully Regretable the fact that the Governor fall ed to repeat these words of warning when the stea- roller movement started to force precipltate passage of H. B. Al. a4ss fs
 For their nay votes Senators Anderson, Coble, Fngstrona Lyng and .Snider and Representatives |Hendrickson Hope Laws Lockens MacKinnon, Mis- covich Sepovich and Wilbur deserve an for effort even though they failed to defeat the measure Rep resentative Barnes too. attempted to have more thought given the Reorganization Bill by her move for reconsideration when it first passed the House Most of those who voted against the bill expressed the thought that more time and consideration should be p0en bill of this importance that it should have more study.
 f { Though greatly amended it is still the Kingflsh Bill" and Kngfish tactics were used to secure US passage.