Administrative reorganization of the government of the state of V

University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Honors Theses Student Research 4-1-1943 Administrative reorganization of the government of the state of Virginia under Governor Byrd Robert Greg Barr Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses Recommended Citation Barr, Robert Greg, "Administrative reorganization of the government of the state of Virginia under Governor Byrd" (1943) Honors Theses Paper 230 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Research at UR Scholarship Repository It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository For more information, please contact scholarshiprepository@richmond.edu UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LIBRARIES ~l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 3082 01028 2209 ADMINISTRATIVE REORGANIZATION Of The Government of the State of Virginia Under Governor Byrd By Robert Greig Barr A THESIS Presented The Department or History To and Political Science Of The University or Richmond May 5, 194.3 LIBRARY UNIVEHSITY OF HICHMOND VIRGINIA PREFACE The author wishes to take this opportunity to express his appreciation to those whose aid has made this work possible First, gratitude is due his father, Melvin J Barr, for his sympathetic and patient aid in the preparation of this manuscript The counsel of Dr Herman P Thomas of the Department of Economics of the University of Richmond has been of incalculable value and his kind suggestions have enabled the author to avail himself of sources of information which would his knowledge other~dse not have co~e to His altruistic help and expressions of interest have been a constant source of inspiration The valuable guidance 'or Mr Carlyle Havelock Morrissett, the State Tax Commissioner, merits the everlasting gratitude of the author Mr Morrissett kindly sacrificed his valuable time to aid him in evaluating the accomplishments of the reorganization His wisdom and experience saved the author from numerous errors in judgment The opinions of the following gentlemen have been of great aid in the formulation of an intelligent criticism of the reorganized administrative structure of Virginia's government: Colgate W• Darden, Governor of Virginia; Judge Thomas missioner; ~arnes w Ozlin, State Corporation Com- H fhce., fOi'me.'\ Gove: