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Show Maw Measure Would Shift Duties Of 100 Departments to Only 14 board, which would select a commissioner com-missioner to receive $4000 a year for devoting full time to this work. Tax Commission Duties of four tax commissioners virtually unchanged from present Publicity and Industrial Development This department would promote employment through industrial development de-velopment and promote road construction con-struction In low-income areas and to scenic centers, advertise the state and develop natural resources. Principal provisions of the state reorganization bill Governor Herbert Her-bert B. Maw explained to the legislators leg-islators Wednesday are: All the duties now vested In the nearly 100 departments, commissions commis-sions and agencies would be taken over by the executive department, the department of atate, the department de-partment of attorney general and the following 11 other departments: depart-ments: Finance, engineering, public welfare, wel-fare, agriculture, fish and game, business regulation, publicity and Industrial development, industrial commission, each of which Is to be administered by a three-member commission; health, a seven-member seven-member board; education, a superintendent super-intendent and board; taxation, four commissioners. The commissioners would be appointed ap-pointed by the governor for four-year four-year terms, subject to senate approval. ap-proval. Advisory Boards Provided In addition, a seven-member advisory ad-visory council would-be provided within each of the departments of finance, engineering, public welfare, wel-fare, agriculture, fish and game, business regulation, publicity and industrial development, and the tax and Industrial commissions. They would serve seven-year terms, appointed by the governor. The commission members would receive $4000 a year, but the advisory ad-visory council members would serve without pay unless otherwise other-wise provided by law, receiving only expenses incurred on state business. The commission would establish its own working staff, assigning functions to subordinate officers and eatsbliahlnr eubdlvletnna unon personnel employment as to need and examine all purchases of more than 1)00. The advisory council for the finance fi-nance department would include at least one teacher, one real estate broker and one banker, and the state auditor would handle the bookkeeping end of the department The finance department would have a purchasing agent to handle purchases for all departments, and the purchasing policy of the atate would be determined by a purchasing pur-chasing standardisation committee composed of other state officials. Public Welfare Department The public welfare department would administer, besides welfare Work, the state hospital, state Industrial In-dustrial school, state training school, juvenile court and probation, proba-tion, state tuberculosis sanatorium. The three-member commission would appoint four directors to handle (a) assistance to the aged, dependent children, the blind and needy persons; (b) social service, child placing; (c) atate hospital, state training school, tuberculosis sanatorium "and other Institutions which render assistance to needy or Incompetent cltisens; (d) Industrial Indus-trial school said "all corrective Institutions In-stitutions for minors." Engineering Department The engineering department would take over duties of the state engineer, road commission, aeronautics aero-nautics commission, building commission com-mission and water storage commission. commis-sion. Two divisions are provided, one for water, as handled now by the state engineer, and the other for roads. A five-member advisory building board would be set up within the department to pase on approval of the governor. Executive Department The executive department would comprise the governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney attor-ney general and superintendent of public Instruction, the governor to be department head. This department would have an adjutant general, appointed by the governor, having charge of the state's military establishment and a board of pardons and parole, comprising the governor, attorney general and three citizens, who would receive $10 a day for actual service, taking over work of the present board of pardons and board of corrections. The executive department would Include a planning board of seven honorary members. Would Appoint Heads The governor, as head of the executive department, would appoint ap-point a superintendent of highway patrol and a registrar of motor vehicles, who would supervise enforcement en-forcement of law relating to Issuance, Is-suance, suspension and revocation of registration and licenses, vehicle ve-hicle inspection and analysis of all repairs or new buildings needed. ,t Business Regulation Department cl The business regulation depart- , ment would take over duties of J the bank commissioner, Insurance commissioner, trade commission- . er, public service commission, de- ? partment of registrstion, secur-ities secur-ities commission and the liquor control commission. The commission would appoint a public utility administrator, a liquor control administrator and a bank, Insurance and securities administrator. The liquor control administrator administra-tor would direct sale of liquor within the state monopoly system and would turn over all revenue to the treasurer. The commissioners of the department de-partment of business regulation shall make rules and regulations and shall have the power of determination de-termination in all matters pertaining per-taining to the purchase, sale and distribution of Intoxicating beverages bev-erages within the state la accordance ac-cordance with existing laws, said rules and regulations to be enforced en-forced by the liquor control administrator." ad-ministrator." Education Department The superintendent of public instruction and board of education educa-tion would be chosen as now provided pro-vided by law. A five-member advisory council for the state school for tha deaf and blind is provided. Within the registry of motor vehicles ve-hicles would be an advisory council coun-cil of highway safety, seven Citizens Citi-zens appointed by the governor. As an economy stroke, the governor gov-ernor would have control over appropriations ap-propriations to any department and could reduce or eliminate appropriations. ap-propriations. State Department The secretary of state would head the state department which would take over also duties of the state historical society. Attorney General The attorney general would be legal adviser to all state officers and would, upon approval by the governor, have authority to employ special counsel. Finance Department The finance department would comprise the state treasurer and two members appointed by the governor. gov-ernor. These commissioners would exercise financial control over all operations of the state, control all purchases and administer the state Insurance fund, fireman's fund, teachers' retirement fund; control all state Investments. The department would Include budget officers to exercise budgetary budget-ary control over all atate departments, depart-ments, operate a quarterly allotment allot-ment system of state funds and prepare the biannual budget The department would pass on Industrial Commission Virtually unchanged from present pres-ent set-up. Agriculture Department The agriculture commission would comprise a farmer, a livestock live-stock man and a cooperative marketing mar-keting specialist who would take over duties of the commissioner of agriculture, the board of agriculture, agri-culture, the state chemist, soil conservation commission,- state fair board and the park commissioner. commis-sioner. The state fair association would continue as at present Fish and Game Department Three commissioners would take over the duties of the fish and game commissioner and the big game commission. The advisory council, however, would comprise one livestock man, one sheep man, one member of the federal forest service, one biologist and three sportsmen. Health Department , Members of the medical and dental den-tal profession would compose the |