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diverse viewpoints. This section therefore perinits the
General Assembly to create boards or commissions as heads
of principal departments.
The second sentence assures that each board or
commission which does serve as the head of a principal
department will have an officer to handle the administrativ)e
work of the department.
Section 4.21: the Constitution guarantees to the
governor certain appointive powers. It provides that he
shall with -the advice and consent of the Senate appoint the
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single executives and fill vacancies on boards and commis-
sions serving as heads of principal departments and also,
with the members of regulatory and quasi-judicial agencies.
The committee feels that if the governor is to be chief
executive of the state he must be able to appoint those
officials who are responsible for executing the administra-
tion's programs and policies.
At the same time, the committee feels that
senatorial confirmation should be required as a traditional
legislative check on the executive's power.
This section also provides that the governor