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1	JUDGE ADKINS: Yes, sir. Is there any reason
2	to have them appointed?
3	GOVERNOR TAWES: Well, I would say that the
4	Governor should appoint the Comptroller and the Attorney
0	General. Now, these two officials are pretty close to the
C	Administration headed by the Governor.
7	For instance, the Comptroller is his finance
8	officer, the chief fiscal officer of the State, and operat-
9	ing under a $875 million budget, I think the Governor, who
10	is responsible for the budgetary program and the spending
11	program of the State, should have a Comptroller with whom
12	he can work very closely without any fear of reprisal.
13	The Comptroller, if he is elected, naturally, he feels
14	that he is responsible to the people, the people that
15	elected him. I would say that the Comptroller, by all
16	means, should be appointed by the Governor.
17	The Attorney General, I don't have the same
10	reservation as I would have for the office of Comptroller.
19	JUDGE ADKINS: Do I understand, then, that you
20	are suggesting that the Attorney General perhaps could
21	continue to be elected as he now is?