846
Fiscal report.
GAO review and reports.
Legislature, regular and special sessions.
Quorum.
PUBLIC LAW 90-497-SEPT. 11, 1968
[82 STAT.
to which exception is taken, with the reasons and the authorities relied upon for reversing such decision. "(e) If the Governor does not concur in the taking of an appeal to the Secretary, the party aggrieved may seek relief by suit in the District Court of Guam if the claim is otherwise within its jurisdiction. No later than thirty days following the date of the decision of the Secretary of the Interior, the party aggrieved or the Governor, on behalf of the head of the department concerned, may seek relief by suit in the District Court of Guam, if the claim is otherwise within its jurisdiction. "(f) The government comptroller is authorized to communicate directly with any person or with any department officer or person having official relation with his office. H e may summon witnesses and administer oaths. " (g) As soon after the close of each fiscal year as the accounts of isaid fiscal year may be examined and adjusted, the government comptroller shall submit to the Governor of Guam and the Secretary of the Interior an annual report of the fiscal condition of the government, showing the receipts and disbursements of the various departments and agencies of the government. The Secretary of the Interior shall submit such report along with his comments and recommendations to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. " (h) The government comptroller shall make such other reports as may be required by the Governor of Guam, the Comptroller General of the United States, or the Secretary of the Interior. " (i) The office and activities of the government comptroller of Guam shall be subject to review by the Comptroller General of the United States, and reports thereon shall be made by him to the Governor, the Secretary of the Interior, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "(j) All departments, agencies, and establishments shall furnish to the government comptroller such information regarding the powers, duties, activities, organization, financial transactions, and methods of business of their respective offices as he may from time to time require of them; and the government comptroller, or any of his assistants or employees, when duly authorized by him, shall, for the purpose of securing such information, have access to and the right to examine any books, documents, papers, or records of any such department, agency, or establishment." SEC. 6. (a) Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, section 18 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 388; 48 U.S.C. 1423h) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 18. Regular sessions of the legislature shall be held annually, commencing on the second Monday in January (unless the legislature shall by law fix a different date), and shall continue for such term as the legislature may provide. The Governor may call special sessions of the legislature at any time when, in his opinion, the public interest may require it. No legislation shall be considered at any special session other than that specified in the call therefor or in any special message by the Governor to the legislature while in such session. All sessions of the legislature shall be open to the public." (b) Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 12 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat. 384, 388; 48 U.S.C. 1423b) is amended by adding after the last sentence thereof the following: "The quorum of the legislature shall consist of eleven of its members. No bill shall
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