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the Comptroller in proper perspective, and to, at the same
time, do what should have been done some time ago, to create
a tax collection system, called a State Department of Internal
Revenue on a logical basis. It also gives us anindependent
person to continue to perform functions of pre-audit, and
to see that the funds of the State are properly channeled.
At the same time, you avoid the question of permitting the
Legislature to appoint someone to the Board of Public Works.
This would give the Legislature a football, which
would probably not be a good thing in the long run and in all
probability instead of appointing one of the presiding
officers a member of this board and confusing the functions
of the Legislature and the Executive Branch, it would give a
constitutionally named officer, appointing an elective
official responsible to the people and as a responsible person
on the Board of Public Works.
At the same time the Executive Governor will have
control of the Board of Public Works, have control of his
fiscal affairs and he will be the Master of his House, and we
will have an independent pre-auditor, we will have a State
Treasurer who will handle funds, be the Custodian and we will