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The citizens of Maryland are entitled to know the quality
as well as the quantity of her expenditures. The audit
encouched in Maryland's new Constitution makes possible
legislative scrutiny and the ideal system of checks and
balances. While at the same time, it maintains a distinct
separation of governmental powers.
Finally in the years to come, future genera-
tions will treasure their opportunity to know if money
appropriated is spent as intended,if the state gets the
best goods and services for its money, if all state
departments follow good accounting systems, if there are
areas of waste rather than economy, and if there is a need
for greater efficiency.
We thank you for this opportunity afforded us
to support this recommendation. We sincerely hope you
will find it possible to adopt it. Thank you.
THE CHAIRMAN: Is there any further discussion.
Delegate Adkins.
DELEGATE ADKINS: I should like to ask the
Chairman of the Committee for assurance that the term
post-audit is a sufficiently specific word of art so that |
