446 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

The post-audit review responsibility should be transferred from the
Comptroller of the Treasury to the State Treasurer, who would super-
vise this function by a State Auditor under the legislative branch.
The State Treasurer should continue to be elected by the General
Assembly. However, the Comptroller, divested of post-audit responsi-
bility, should become part of the executive branch and an appointee
of the Governor.

In my opinion, the Board of Public Works should be continued but
reconstituted. The Board provides a forum for public scrutiny and
presents an opportunity for the expression of legislative views on sig-
nificant decisions. I believe the State Treasurer, an adjunct of the legis-
lative arm, should continue as the representative of the General As-
sembly. However, I believe that the State Budget Director would be
a more useful and effective Board member than the Comptroller. The
Budget Director, after all, plays a more active and responsible role in
the implementation of Board decisions. As the Governor's appointee,
he admittedly would tip the scales in the Governor's favor. This ex-
ecutive branch majority is an essential and necessary measure to
eliminate any check within the executive branch.

While I favor an Attorney General appointed by the Governor, I
recognize that there are sound arguments both ways. I feel obligated
to point out that the incumbent Attorney General has cooperated
fully with my administration. Yet, it is obvious that it could easily
have been otherwise.

In government, time as well as structure is a critical factor. Section
4. 16 of the draft Constitution — regulating gubernatorial consideration
of bills enacted by the General Assembly — does not provide sufficient
time for adequate deliberation by the executive. A significant exten-
sion of the present ten-day limit is a critical need. I suggest that
twenty days would be more practical. The Attorney General, I believe,
would share my view since it often requires two weeks for his office
to research and prepare opinions attesting to a measure's constitution-
ality.

The most vital sections of Article IV deal with the gubernatorial

powers of appointment and reorganization. Here, executive authority

can be most logically strengthened to achieve more responsive and
more efficient administration.

Section 4. 19 of the draft Constitution provides the Governor with
essential reorganization powers. Expanding and varying State prob-
lems virtually demand this authorization of executive initiative. While