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many citizens of Maryland. We are witnessing an effort to
protect the jobs of elected office holders at the expense oi
establishing an effective Executive Branch of Government thet
can cope with the multiplicity of problems which now faces
the State and which undoubtedly will increase in the years
ahead. The Constitution now being put together is more
important than any present office or office holder. It
should be a viable document that will function far beyond
the lifetimes of those who drafted it and those who now
hold the maJior State offices, and it seemed that the Conven-
tion was well on the way toward achieving this objective
when it approved proposals strengthening the Legislative
and Judicial Branches. In one of these steps, the post-
audit functions of the Comptroller's Office was transferred
to the General Assembly, where, in my opinion, it properly
belongs. This leaves the Comptroller's Office with strictly
administrative duties within the Executive Branch, duties
that properly should be performed under direct supervision
of the Governor.
I would earnestly hope at this point that Delegates
would evalutate what they have done thus far in the light of