Report of the Michigan Budget Commission of Inquiry, 1918 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Report of the Michigan Budget Commission of Inquiry, 1918 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Michigan Budget Commission of Inquiry, 1918 Hon. Albert E.Sleeper, Governor of Michigan. Sir: In accordance with the requirements of act one hundred ninety-three, public acts of nineteen hundred seventeen, the following report of the Michigan Budget Commission of Inquiry is respectfully submitted to you: Organization of the Commission: Following your appointment of the commission and pursuant to your call, the commission, consisting of Joseph W. O Brien of Grand Haven, Charles D.Thompson of Bad Axe, Dana H. Hinkley of Petoskey, O. C. Tompkins of Lansing, and George Lord of Detroit, met with you and Auditor General Fuller, ex-officio members, at the state capitol on July 11th, 1917, and formally organized by electing yourself Chairman; Commissioner C.D. Thompson, Vice-Chairman, and Commissioner George Lord, Secretary. Your designation of Commissioner Thompson as special investigator was later confirmed by the commission. Powers and Duties: As expressed in the title of the creative statute, the commission was created "to investigate and report upon the general financial system of this state insofar as it relates to the appropriation, control and expenditure of moneys for the support of state departments, boards, commissions and offices, and to investigate, report upon, and recommend legislation necessary to establish a budget system." The act charges the commission with the duty of making a thorough survey and investigation of the financial system of the state and of the general affairs of the several activities of the state government, for the purpose of ascertaining facts relative to the business and financial administration and the degree of efficiency and economy maintained in the expenditure of moneys appropriated; of investigating and ascertaining the facts relative to the present method of appropriating money; of examining the budget laws of other states, their operation and results obtained, and of gathering and compiling such information as may be necessary to enable the commission to formulate a comprehensive budget system for the state. It is also charged with the duty of drafting appropriate bills for legislative consideration, embodying such changes in the present laws as may be necessary to bring about the most efficient and economical correlation, control and management of the several activities of the state government, and the expenditure of public funds; also a bill, or bills, providing for the regulation and control of the appropriation of moneys by an adequate budget system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.