Attorney General TERM: 4 YRS. CONST. Auditor of Public Accounts TERM: 4 YRS. CONST. Secretary of State TERM: 4 YRS. CONST. Governor TERM: 4 YRS. CONST. Civil Service Commission 3 MEMBERS TERM: 6 YEARS STAT. Dept. of Finance Dept. of Agriculture Dept. of Labor Dept. of Mines and Minerals Dept. of Public Works and Buildings Dept. of Public Welfare Dept. of Public Health Dept. of Trade and Commerce Dept. of Registration and Education Lieutenant Governor TERM: 4 YRS. CONST. Treasurer TERM: 2 YRS. CONST. Supt. of Public Instruction TERM: 4 YRS. CONST. Trustees University of Illinois 9 ELEC. MEMBERS TERM: 6 YRS. STAT. GENERAL DRAFTING CO. INC. N.Y. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Sidenote: The present weakness.] =The Need of Reform in State Administration.=—There are two distinct weaknesses in state administration at the present day. One results from the fact that the functions of the state have been enormously expanded during the past fifty years while the administrative machinery has not kept pace. The state has taken over new duties in the field of public health, the regulation of industry, the administration of prisons, the control of public utilities, and many other matters. In each case it has merely set up one more department or bureau or board until the whole organization has become top-heavy. State administration, in other words, is now divided into too many compartments. The other weakness arises from the fact that these various departments are not all responsible to the governor or to any central head. Some officials and boards are appointed; some are elected. Some hold office for long terms, some for short. The governor bears the responsibility for the proper conduct of state administration, yet the work is done by officials who are not required to obey his instructions.[104] He is like a general who is expected to win battles without having officers who will obey his commands. The result is not only a good deal of friction but a waste of time, money, and patience. Several states have felt the need of reforming this condition and have proceeded to make changes in their administrative organization. These changes involve a reduction in the number of departments and the placing of them all under the general control of the governor.[105] In the national administration all departments are responsible to the President. The same principle ought to be applied in state administration. [Sidenote: Can the system of commission government be applied to the states?]