many State agencies, the limited period of a regular session of
the General Assembly hardly allows a detailed and careful re-
view of the relative cost of operation, and actual and necessary
public service rendered by the various State agencies to be started
and completed, as an independent and complete investigation,
during a session of the General Assembly between the appoint-
ment of the Finance and Ways and Means Committees and the
date of adjournment.

For this obvious reason it is recommended that the proposed
Budget Department be directed to furnish members of the Gen-
eral Assembly with such detailed financial information of the
estimated revenues and proposed expenditures of the State agen-
cies, together with such detailed information with regard to the
activities of the various State agencies that will permit the Gen-
eral Assembly to give fully informed and constructive considera-
tion to the details of the Executive Budget.

At least one other addition to the present reorganization bill
suggests itself as sound in theory, and I am confident would be
the means of saving substantial sums of money to the State from
time to time. The Budget, as submitted to the General Assembly
by the Governor and as finally adopted by the General Assembly
at its regular session, provides funds for the various activities of
the State Government for the two fiscal years, the first of which
begins the first of October following the adjournment of that
particular regular session of the General Assembly. In this way
money is provided upon an estimated Budget worked out by the
Governor and approved by the General Assembly for a period
of from eight to thirty-two months in advance of the time that
it will actually be expended by the State agency for whose needs
it is provided. It is obvious that there may be great changes in
conditions and markets as affecting the needs or running expenses
of some State agencies during such a period. It may also be
assumed that each State institution will endeavor to secure an
original allotment from the Governor of sufficient amount to
finance its activities comfortably for the two fiscal years follow-
ing the enactment of each Budget. There exists now no power
in the State authorized to inspect and, if proper, to cut down any
of the allotments made to any State agency. It is respectfully
suggested that the State Comptroller be authorized to act as an
officer of review as to the actual need of the various State institu-
tions of the various items provided for them in the Budget, with
power to recommend to the Governor that certain amounts of
these appropriations may be withheld in part or in whole from

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