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DELEGATE PULLEN: I would like to
ask a question.
THE CHAIRMAN: Of Delegate Morgan?
DELEGATE PULLEN: Yes.
What becomes of the treasurer?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: The functions
of the treasurer under the executive branch
article that we have would be assigned to
one of the principal departments of the
state government.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: It would not
cover the comptroller then?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: It would not
cover the comptroller.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: I would infer
from the language that it would. No. 2, as
a member of the Board of Public Works,
what would be —
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen, I
cannot understand you, I am sorry.
DELEGATE PULLEN: I am sorry, I
have a cold, sir, and I apologize for im-
posing myself upon you but I am really
quite concerned about this. As a member
of the Board of Public Works, what would
his authority be?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: The same au-
thority that any other member of the
Board of Public Works had. It would be
a three-member board.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: What are they?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: I beg your
pardon.
DELEGATE PULLEN: What are those
duties?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: The creation of
state debt; expenditures from the proceeds
of such debt; expenditures for the acquisi-
tion of land or the construction of build-
ings, equipment, or other public works; the
transfer or disposal of state property or
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rights; expenditures from lump sum appro-
priations not detailed by law; expenditures
from the General Emergency Fund of the
State; the establishment from time to time
of the state property tax rate.
Those are the existing functions.
DELEGATE PULLEN: Under the cir-
cumstances he would be a party to the pol-
icy making with respect to state finances.
DELEGATE MORGAN: That is correct.
DELEGATE PULLEN: You said con-
ceivably he could be under the department
of state finance or some other department.
Is it customary to put an elected official
under an appointed official?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: What I said
was that he might be put in a particular
department for housekeeping purposes, but
that is the only reason that I can see why
he would be put in a particular depart-
ment. The department he had would have
no authority over the comptroller whatso-
ever.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Pullen.
DELEGATE PULLEN: I am not quite
sure what you mean by "housekeeping",
but I will not pursue it further.
THE CHAIRMAN: Does any delegate
desire to speak in opposition to the amend-
ment?
Delegate Barrick?
DELEGATE BARRICK: Mr. Chairman,
I have a question of Delegate Morgan if he
will yield.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan?
DELEGATE MORGAN: I yield.
DELEGATE BARRICK: I fail to see
the importance or the reason for having
the last sentence in Amendment No. 7 at all.
Could you explain why we have got to
set out what he shall do?
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Morgan?
DELEGATE MORGAN: Under our ex-
ecutive article, the head of each principal
department is appointed by the governor
with the advice and consent of the Senate.
That is for the purpose of giving the gov-
ernor control over the whole executive
branch, through the heads of the principal
departments. This would just make sure
that the General Assembly would not des-
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