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I submit, and I think this is fair that the
Majority, both in their arguments here and in their Report
and Memorandum have dealt in generalities as to the manner
in which the existence of an independent State Comptroller
or indeed the functioning of the Board of Public Works
has placed hobbles on the government, has reduced his
adminis trative powers. I have not heard of specific
instances of any such reduction in the power of the
Governor. You all heard a great many generalities but
nothing specific. The Minority feels that this plan which
has been in existence so long entailing an independent
Comptroller to handle the money of the State, to collect
it, to see that it is safely kept and to manage it has
been one of the best collectors we have had.
Indeed, the Governor would not be able, not have
the time to supervise the close supervision on the collec-
tion of the money and the management of it that an inde-
pendent Comptroller does have.
When the matter came up in New York, the New
York Times, when the matter came up I mean in connection
with the recent Constitutional Convention in New York,