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faced by the State of Maryland. I've only been down
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here two years, now.
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During the last thirty or forty years, we have
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seen an unprecedented growth in governmental services at al:
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levels and I think most of us, whether we like it or not,
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will expect this will continue. Types of organization and
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procedures which were adequate and desirable fifty years
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ago must be reexamined in the light of government's present
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size and responsibilities. This is nowhere truer than in
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the field, of finance. We are now counting our State budget
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in terms of hundreds of million dollars. Very shortly, we
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will cross the billion dollar mark, and I think an organiza-
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tion of this size must have the best possible financial
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management. I think it is extremely important to look at
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the financial provisions of the Constitution and I commend
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this Committee for its efforts in that direction.
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I think, perhaps, before I start, I should state
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some of my basic assumptions about budgeting. I think of
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budgeting as an executive function, not a financial functio
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Of course, it does perform the financial functions of
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providing appropriations, but if this is all that it
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