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will not refer to laws dealing with the Treasury Depart-
ment?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Sybert.
DELEGATE SYBERT: I don't think the phrase
which is in the present Constitution requires the Governor
to go out to arrest every malefactor, collect taxes -- I
mean, execute himself personally all executive powers.
It is contemplated, and necessarily so, that other officials
perform certain powers. We have a Constitution which, as
the present one does, says the Governor shall faithfully
execute the laws. It also sets up a Comptroller. The
statement as to the Governor is certainly modified as to
the constitutional provision for the Comptroller.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Byrnes.
DELEGATE BYRNES: I suggest there might be a
conflict between the two personalities in the future, the
Governor acting in his position as one who is mandated to
execute the laws faithfully and the Comptroller has
the same requirement put on him. They both could be pur-
suing opposite goals and could very well clash in the
future, both faithfully executing the same lawsi |