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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: There shall be
in the executive branch of the government
an interdepartmental board of review which
shall consist of the governor, an officer in
the executive branch designated by the gov-
ernor and the comptroller. The Board of
Review shall perform in such manner and
have such powers as the General Assem-
bly may prescribe including but not limited
to the following: "One, the creation of state
debt; two, expenditures of the proceeds of
such debt; three, expenditures for the ac-
quisition of land or the construction of
buildings, of equipment or other public
works; four, the transfer or disposal of
state property or rights; five, expenditures
from lump sum appropriations not detailed
by law; six, expenditures from the general
emergency fund of the state; and, seven,
the establishment from time to time of the
state property tax rate. "
THE CHAIRMAN: Any delegate desire
to speak in opposition to the amendment?
Delegate Henderson.
DELEGATE HENDERSON: May I ask
a question?
THE CHAIRMAN: To whom is the
question addressed?
DELEGATE HENDERSON: To the
Chairman of the committee.
THE CHAIRMAN: Chairman Morgan,
do you yield to a question?
DELEGATE MORGAN: I certainly do.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Henderson.
DELEGATE HENDERSON: What hap-
pens to the auditor under the proposed
plan? Does he still report to the comp-
troller?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: The present
audit functions are performed by the
comptroller himself. The post audit func-
tions are performed by an official elected
by the General Assembly.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Henderson,
the Chair takes it the question you asked
would be covered by Committee Recom-
mendation No. 1 which was approved by
the Committee of the Whole sometime ago
and provided that the post audit function
should be performed by the official elected
to the General Assembly. I have forgotten
the exact language.
Delegate Marion.
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DELEGATE MARION: I wonder if I
might address a question to Delegate Mor-
gan.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: I am curious
about the last sentence in proposed Amend-
ment No. 7 which refers to "the finance de-
partment. " I wonder if the intention of the
amendment would be in any way changed if
that last sentence read simply "the comp-
troller shall not be the head of any prin-
cipal department of the executive branch. "
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: In my opinion
it would not be.
THE CHAIRMAN: Would you state that
again, Delegate Marion, please?
DELEGATE MARION: I asked if the
intention would be in any way changed if
the last sentence read as follows: "The
comptroller shall not be the head of any
principal department of the executive
branch".
THE CHAIRMAN: I just did not catch
it. Do you have a further question of Dele-
gate Morgan ?
Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: Would you ac-
cept that language in substitution of the
last sentence and thereby remove the lan-
guage about the finance department.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: I can see no
objection to any such amendment.
THE CHAIRMAN: The Chair might
suggest that there is some difficulty in ask-
ing one man to accept an amendment or a
change in an amendment sponsored by 19
or 20, but the Chair thinks the kind of
thing you are talking about is certainly
the kind of thing that could be covered by
the Committee on Style. If the language is
redundant and you have in the record the
statement of the leading sponsor of the
amendment, I should think the Committee
on Style could suggest an appropriate
change.
Delegate Marion.
DELEGATE MARION: With the Chair's
explanation and with that in the record I
will let it go at that.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any other dele-
gate desire to speak in opposition?
Delegate Pullen.
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