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Library of Virginia 2002 Laura Drake Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Virginia Commission of Economy and Efficiency, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918 24960 State Records Collection, Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency (Record Group 155). 1.15 cubic feet. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency, Correspondence and Reports, 1916-1918. Accession 36121, State Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, May 18, 1959.

 Biographical/Historical Information

The Commission on Economy and Efficiency was created by an Act of the General Assembly on March 16, 1916 to make a "careful and detailed study of the organization and methods of the State and local governments of the Commonwealth" and report as to the ways "State and local government can be made efficiently and economically organized and administered." The Commission was comprised of five members: P.H Drewry, George L. Browning, J. Calvin Moss, Richard Evelyn Byrd, and LeRoy Hodges. Due to lack of resources, the Commission limited its study to State government. The Commission prepared two surveys that were completed by state agencies which were assessed and evaluated. The Commission recommended: the establishment of a formalized budget system, including a proposal for a budget law (passed in 1918); increased supervision of accounts by the State Accountant; expenditures by appropriation; a fiscal year from July 1- June 30; and uniform office hours for state agencies. The Commission was dissolved in 1918.

 Scope and Content Information

This collection is comprised of the administrative papers of Colonel LeRoy Hodges, Secretary of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency. Of particular interest are the drafts of the budget law that was eventually passed in 1918, and the state agency reports submitted to the Commission. These agency reports contain a history of the agency, the duties of the agency, an organizational chart, an accounting of annual expenditures, and a listing of personnel with salary and other information. Also contained in the collection is correspondence with other members of the Commission as well as with individuals outside the Commonwealth who were asked to give their opinions and suggestions regarding the Commission's work.

 Arrangement Arrangement

Each series is arranged alphabetically.

 Organization

Organized into four (4) series: Administrative correspondence, 1916-1918; Correspondence with institutions outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1916-1917; State agency reports, 1916-1917; and Other items, 1917-1919.

 Contents List Series I: Administrative correspondence, 1916-1918

Contains correspondence among members of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency as well as with other institutions and individuals.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Correspondence of the Commission on Economy and Efficiency, 1916-1918 1 1 Correspondence, 1916-1917 3 1 Draft of proposed budget law and essay, n.d. [1918] 3 2 Payroll data by agency, 1917 3 3 Preliminary report, n.d. [1918] 3 4 Series II: Correspondence with agency outside the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1916-1917

Contains correspondence with institutions outside of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Often the correspondence is soliciting assistance with the work of the Commission.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Census, Bureau of, 1916-1917 1 2 Commerce, Dept. of, 1917 1 3 Dayton Bureau of Research, 1916-1917 1 4 Durand, E. Dana, University of Minnesota, 1916-1917 1 5 Institute for Government Research, 1916-1917 1 6 Institute for Public Service, New York, 1916-1917 1 7 Massachusetts, Commonwealth of, 1916-1917 1 8 Moley, Raymond, 1917 1 9 National Municipal League, 1917 1 10 National Short Ballot Organization, 1916-1917 1 11 New York Bureau of Municipal Research, 1917 1 12 Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1916-1917 1 13 United State Bureau of Efficiency, 1917 1 14 Wisconsin, University of, 1917 1 15 Series III: State agency reports, 1916-1917

Contains reports from state agencies as requested by the Commission. Information in these reports include agency histories, lists of responsibilities, and listins of personnel employed.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Adjutant General of Virginia, 1916-1917 1 16 Agriculture and Immigration, Dept. of - Division of Markets, 1917 1 17 Agriculture and Immigration, Dept. of - Dairy and Food Division, 1917 1 18 Attorney General of Virginia, 1916-1917 1 19 Auditor of Public Accounts, 1917 1 20 Catawba Sanatorium, 1917 1 21 Central State Hospital, 1917 1 22 College of William and Mary, 1917 1 23 Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, 1917 3 5 Commioner of Fisheries of Virginia, 1917 3 6 Commissioner of Prohibition, 1917 3 7 Convict Road Force, State, 1917 1 24 Council of Defense, State, 1917 1 25 Crop Commission, State, 1917 1 26 Debt Commission, State, 1917 1 27 Department of Agriculture and Immigration, 1917 3 8 Eastern State Hospital, 1917 3 9 Embalming, State Board of, 1917 1 28 Forester, State, 1916-1917 1 29 Geological Survey, Virginia, 1917 1 30 Governor's Office, 1917 1 31 Health, State Board of, 1917 1 32 Highway Commission, State, 1917 1 33 Home and Industrial School for Girls, 1917 2 1 Home for Needy Confederate Women - Monthly reports, 1917 3 10 Hospitals, Commissioner of State, 1917 2 2 Industrial Home School for Colored Girls, 1917 2 3 Instruction, Superintendent of, 1917 2 4 Insurance, Bureau of, 1917 2 5 Labor and Industrial Statistics, Bureau of, 1916-1917 2 6 Land Office, Register of the, 1916-1917 2 7 Laurel Industrial School, 1916-1917 2 8 Legislative Reference Bureau, 1916-1917 2 9 Library, Virginia State, 1917 2 10 Lieutenant Governor, 1917 2 11 Medical College of Virginia, 1917 3 11 Military Records, Dept. of Confederate, 1917 2 12 Normal School Board, Virginia, 1917 2 13 Normal School for Women, State - East Radford, 1916-1917 2 14 Normal School for Women, State - Farmville, 1917 2 15 Normal School for Women, State - Fredericksburg, 1917 2 16 Normal School for Women, State - Harrisonburg, 1917 2 17 Normal and Agricultural Institute - Hampton, 1917 2 18 Optometry, State Board of, 1917 2 19 Penitentiary, Virginia, 1917 2 20 Public Printing, Superintendent of, 1917 2 21 Quarantine Officer for the Elizabeth River District, State, 1917 2 22 Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1917 3 12 Southwestern State Hospital, 1917 3 13 State Agricultural High School, 1917 2 23 State Corporation Commission, 1917 3 14 Tax Board, State, 1917 2 24 Treasurer, State, 1916-1917 2 25 Uniform State Laws, Board of Commissioners on, 1917 2 26 University of Virginia, 1917 2 27 Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1917 2 28 Virginia Manual Labor School, 1917 3 15 Virginia Military Institute, 1916-1917 3 16 Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute, 1917 3 17 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1917 2 29 Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, 1917 2 30 Virginia State Epileptic Colony, 1917 3 18 Virginia State School for Colored Deaf and Blind Children, 1919 2 31 Western State Hospital, 1917 3 19 Series IV: Other items, 1916-1919

Contains clippings and other materials, as well as correspondence to and from Colonel Hodges related to items other than the Commission.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

 Correspondence - not related to the Commission of Economy and Efficiency, 1917-1919 2 32 Miscellaneous, 1917-1919 2 33