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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Página 95
... ordinances relating to its municipal concerns , subject to the constitution and general laws of the state . " Art . VIII , §§ 20 , 21 . " Any city or village may acquire , own , establish , and maintain , either within or without its ...
... ordinances relating to its municipal concerns , subject to the constitution and general laws of the state . " Art . VIII , §§ 20 , 21 . " Any city or village may acquire , own , establish , and maintain , either within or without its ...
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... ordinances whose violation may make an unin- tentional and unwilling misdemeanant of any citizen . It is time that , instead of curtailing state legis- latures of power by constitutional provisions or weakening more and more the local ...
... ordinances whose violation may make an unin- tentional and unwilling misdemeanant of any citizen . It is time that , instead of curtailing state legis- latures of power by constitutional provisions or weakening more and more the local ...
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... ordinances and of penalties for their violation and such further or other jurisdiction as may be con- ferred by the Legislature , subject to the other provisions of the constitution , but they can not have any equity jurisdiction , nor ...
... ordinances and of penalties for their violation and such further or other jurisdiction as may be con- ferred by the Legislature , subject to the other provisions of the constitution , but they can not have any equity jurisdiction , nor ...
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... ordinance prescribed . Thus full opportunity is given for the development of a system of city bookkeeping , accounting , and reporting which will make the experience of each city available to every other . No time need be spent in ...
... ordinance prescribed . Thus full opportunity is given for the development of a system of city bookkeeping , accounting , and reporting which will make the experience of each city available to every other . No time need be spent in ...
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... ordinances . The city , not the state legislature , controls the granting of public franchises within the city's limits . It may incur indebtedness up to a certain percentage upon the assessed valuation of the real estate within its ...
... ordinances . The city , not the state legislature , controls the granting of public franchises within the city's limits . It may incur indebtedness up to a certain percentage upon the assessed valuation of the real estate within its ...
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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...