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1	MR. ENEY: As I think Dick started to mention,
2	he and I, for many years, as you know, have been advocating
5	that all purely tax collecting functions ought to be in
4	one bouy or one official so that you could get some system
5	of checking one against the other. This is partly done,
6	certainly it is a whole lot more than it was 25 or 30
7	years ago. I take it from what you say that you would
8	feel that the Comptroller, or the Chief Fiscal Officer,
9	by whatever title he is known, even if he had known of
10	the purely tax collecting functions, if these were put in
11	a separate board or deportment, you would still feel that
12	the Chief Fiscal Officer, 'if his duties were just those of
13	what they were 30 years ago should still be an elected
14	official, independent of the Governor?
15	MR. GOLDSTEIN: Absolutely.
16	MR. ENEY: So you don't tie that in in any way
17	to the tax collecting function?
18	MR. GOLDSTEIN: The fact you had the tax col-
19	lecting function in the Comptroller's Office and -you had
20	access to these top people, it makes your job of revenue
21	estimating much easier because you are in contact with