The Government of American Cities: A Program of Democracy ; a Study of Municipal Organization and of the Relation of the City to the State ; Also a Reprint of the Municipal Program of the National Municipal LeaguePutnam, 1909 - 323 páginas |
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... enacted statutes . Nor is there any formal pro- hibition of the performance of policy - determining and ... enacting into law any special plan or scheme that these cities are well governed ; there is a wide variety in the formal ...
... enacted statutes . Nor is there any formal pro- hibition of the performance of policy - determining and ... enacting into law any special plan or scheme that these cities are well governed ; there is a wide variety in the formal ...
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... enacted to gratify the wishes of a few , often a very few , of its members . It also loses sight of the fact that there was and could be no effective responsibility to the people of the city for enacting the legislation . Responsibility ...
... enacted to gratify the wishes of a few , often a very few , of its members . It also loses sight of the fact that there was and could be no effective responsibility to the people of the city for enacting the legislation . Responsibility ...
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... enactment in 1835 , to establish the political frame- work of government for every English city except London . There had been no changes whatever in the ground plan and no changes of any sort except in two or three minor details . In ...
... enactment in 1835 , to establish the political frame- work of government for every English city except London . There had been no changes whatever in the ground plan and no changes of any sort except in two or three minor details . In ...
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... enacted from time to time with the special purpose of affecting the government of that particular city . The number of bills in- troduced at every legislative session for this purpose in the older states where there are many cities has ...
... enacted from time to time with the special purpose of affecting the government of that particular city . The number of bills in- troduced at every legislative session for this purpose in the older states where there are many cities has ...
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... enacted , and the wide- spread movement to secure the passage of others in order to remove the spoils virus from the administrative activities of government , whether national , state or city , the efforts now making to control the so ...
... enacted , and the wide- spread movement to secure the passage of others in order to remove the spoils virus from the administrative activities of government , whether national , state or city , the efforts now making to control the so ...
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adminis administrative service affairs affirmative vote Amdt American Cities amount annual applicable appointed appropriate approved authority ballot bonds issued candidates Certificates of indebtedness certified charter and frame citizens City Controller city election city government city's power Civil-service Commissioners conduct Constitutional Amendments corporate limits Council courts current assets debt democracy determine duties elective city offices elective offices electorate enforce England town English city examination exercise frame of government franchise functions Galveston Government of American governmental powers grant interest jurisdiction lative lature legislative legislature matters Mayor ment methods municipal corporation Municipal Program National Municipal League national political needs nomination opinion ordinance partisanship payment perjury person petition political parties popular vote prescribed principles public office public policy public service purpose qualified voters receipts regulations responsibility revenue salary signature South Dakota special laws taxes term thereof thirty days tion undertaking United York
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Página 264 - Every such grant shall specify the mode of determining any valuation therein provided for, and shall make adequate provision by way of forfeiture of the grant, or otherwise, to secure efficiency of public service at reasonable rates, and the maintenance of the property in good order throughout the term of the grant.
Página 276 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the positions to which they seek to be appointed, and shall include tests of physical qualifications and health, and when appropriate, of manual skill.
Página 287 - Sixth, that no person in said service has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body.
Página 276 - No person shall be appointed or employed under any title not appropriate to the duties to be performed, and no person shall be transferred to, or assigned to perform the duties of, any position subject to competitive examination, unless he shall have previously passed an open competitive examination equivalent to that required for such position, or unless he shall have served with fidelity for at least three years in a similar position.
Página 222 - ... any debt hereafter incurred by the city of New York for a public improvement owned or to be owned by the city, which yields to the city current net revenue, after making any necessary allowance for repairs and maintenance for which the city is liable, in excess of the interest on said debt and of the annual installments necessary for its amortization may be excluded in ascertaining the power of said city to become otherwise indebted, provided that a sinking fund for its amortization shall have...
Página 222 - ... shall have been established and maintained and that the indebtedness shall not be so excluded during any period of time when the revenue aforesaid shall not be sufficient to equal the said interest and...
Página 286 - No officer or employee of the United States mentioned in this act shall discharge, or promote, or degrade, or in [any] manner change the official rank or compensation of any other officer or employee, or promise or threaten so to do, for giving or withholding or neglecting to make any contribution of money or other valuable thing for any political purpose.
Página 250 - The charter so ratified may be amended at intervals of not less than two years...
Página 283 - ... representations concerning the same or concerning the person examined, or who shall willfully and corruptly furnish to any person any special...
Página 217 - Such grant, and any contract in pursuance thereof, may provide that upon the termination of the grant the plant as well as the property, if any, of the grantee in the streets, avenues, and other public places shall thereupon, without compensation to the grantee, or upon the...