Report on State Administration and Expenditures (Classic Reprint): Submitted to the General Court: Submitted to the General Court (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Resolved, That a special commission is hereby established, to consist of three members of the senate to be appointed by the president, five members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker and five persons not members of the general court to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. The commission shall choose its chairman, and shall be known as the Commission on State Administration and Expenditures. It shall be the duty of the commission to investigate and consider the administrative organization of the state government, the functions and duties of the several departments, and the possibility of promoting greater efficiency and economy, including:

(1) Whether the provisions of Article LXVI of the amendments to the constitution and of the laws for the reorganization of the executive and administrative work of the commonwealth into not more than twenty departments have been carried out in letter and spirit, and what, if any, administrative changes should be made to promote efficiency and to prevent waste and duplication of effort and unnecessary expense.

(2) The method of administering the provisions of the constitution and the laws with reference to the budget, and whether any changes are advisable in method, procedure or law governing the appropriation and expenditure of public money.

(3) Whether, having in view the entire programme of the state's undertakings, the needs of the state, and the cost and relative importance of each undertaking, there are any which it is advisable that the state should curtail or wholly give up.

(4) Concerning departmental and institutional business organization and management, and the method of handling and auditing departmental, institutional and other accounts of the commonwealth.

(5) Ways and means whereby comprehensive plans may be made in advance concerning the needs of the several departments for a series of years, especially with respect to construction of new buildings, highways, harbor improvements, development of state forests, and other public works.

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