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1	to make as to that?
2	GOVERNOR TAWES: There are no limitations.
3	It is. the Governor's sole responsibility and there are no
4	limitations at all.
5	The departments are requested to submit the
6	requests for funds to operate the department for the en-
7	suing fiscal year, and the Governor has the right to review
8	those requests and adjust them accordingly.
9	JUDGE ADKINS: Does anybody have any questions
10	on that subject, that's one that we discussed.
11	MR. BOND: Governor, one thing that has been
12	concerning us, do you feel that the present way of prepar-
13	ing the budget and having the budget of the State the
14	Governor's budget, the best way for fiscal responsibility?
15	I think the answer is obvious, but this is something we
16	are concerned with.
17	GOVERNOR TAWES: Yes, I think the present bud-
18	get is exactly the way the spending program of the State
19	should be handled. I think it is the Governor's respon-
20	sibility for the fiscal integrity, the fiscal stability
21	of the State, and if he doesn't have the control over the