Administration in General

AACHEN, Germany. Bericht über die Verwaltung und den Stand der Gemeinde-Angelegenheiten im Rechnungsjahr 1911. 39 p. 4°.

BATTERSEA, Metropolitan borough. Annual report of the council for the year ended 31st March, 1911. xvi, 307 p. 8°. BERLIN, Germany. Gemeinde-Blatt der Haupt- u. Residenzstadt. Jahrg. 53. 1912. no. 1-15. January 7-April 14. 186 p. fo.

BORDEAUX, France. Procès verbaux des séances du conseil municipal. 1912. no. 1-2. February, 9-23. p. 1-42.

BOSTON, Mass. City Record (weekly). v. 3, no. 50-52. December, 16-30, 1911. p. 943-990. v. 4, no. 1-17. January 6-April 27, 1912. p. 1-356. 4°.

All bids and contracts awarded, as well as departmental notices, are published in the City Record. An abstract of the paper read by Nelson P. Lewis, chief engineer of the New York City board of estimate and apportionment, before the Municipal Engineers of New York City on September 27, 1911, on "City Planning," is printed in v. 3, no. 51. A description of the opening of the world's first higher municipal college in Düsseldorf, Germany, in October, 1911, is printed in v. 4, no. 1. V. 4, no. 6 contains a comparative table showing department expenditures to December 1 of each year for five periods to 1912. It also contains the text of the address of Mayor Fitzgerald, made on February 5, 1912. An account of the workers' school of municipal government of Chicago, Ill., is given in v. 4, no. 9. Boston has just awarded a contract for the disposal of city waste. V. 3, no. 50, contains the council proceedings relative to the contract, v. 3, no. 52 contains the report of the finance commission on the same subject; v. 4, no. 3, contains the text of a report of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce on the refuse contract and v. 4, no. 7 contains the text of the contract and of the specifications for the disposal of garbage and refuse for ten years. No. 12 contains a reply of the bath trustees to a criticism of the department by the finance commission. No. 15 contains a letter from Mayor Fitzgerald relative to the consolidation of certain city departments; and on p. 291-292 of the same number is a chronological sketch of the Boston water department. In 1911 (ch. 413, Acts of 1911) Massachusetts passed a laborers' retirement act ap

BRUSSELS, Belgium. Rapport presenté au conseil communal en séance du 2 octobre 1911 par le collège des bourgmestres et échevins. 885 p., foldg. tables, charts. 8°:

Chapter 1 includes a report on the condition of the ancient as well as the current municipal archives. In 1910 a fund was created providing for cinematographic archives, i.e., the cinematographic preservation of any event of public interest such as the visit of foreign sovereigns and dignitaries, the opening of parliament, etc. In its archives branch the city also maintains a collection of photographs of local interest, and a collection of contemporary archives of economic interest on the lines of the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirthschaftsarchiv at Cologne. It is proposed to collect printed as well as manuscript material from commercial houses, theatres, hotels, banks etc. for permanent deposit. Chapter 2 relates topopulation and to vital statistics. There are detailed age, nationality and profession tables, tables showing the character of buildings by streets and tables showing housing conditions. Chapter 3 relates to the civil guards, chapter 4 to the electorate, chapter 5 to finances, chapter 6 to public safety (fire and police), chapter 7 to medical statistics, public health and hygiene, including food and drug inspection and building inspection. Brussels regulates the social evil by medical inspection. There is a classified table of such inspections each year from 1881 to 1910. There is a chart showing annual average deaths from specified causes, 1867-1910, maps of the city showing density of population and mortality rate from principal zymotic diseases, infantile mortality, and deaths from tuberculosis, also a chart showing, by months, the relation of deaths from certain diseases to the weather.

Chapter 8 relates to public works (public buildings, traction systems, public grounds, parks, etc.). Chapter 9 relates to water supply and comprises comparative tables of consumption, receipts and expenditures, 1906-1910. Chapter 10 relates to gas works. There is a table sh wing quantity of gas sold each year, since its installation in 1875 to 1910. Chapter 11 relates to street cleaning, including house refuse disposal. A report of Dr. Van Campenhout, connected with the plant, on the operations of the Brussels incineration plant is printed on p. 581, et seq. There is a table showing the annual operations of the street cleaning service from 1881 to 1910. Chapter 13 relates to public instruction and the fine arts and includes reports on all public and private educational institutions in Brussels, and on the dramatic and musical presentations of the year. It includes a report on the work of the committee on Old-Brussels for the preservation of buildings and architectural fragments; also a report on local pageants and festivals. Chapter 14 relates to institutions of mutual aid, chapter 15 to churches, chapter 16 to public charities and includes a report of the committee on Intercommunal funds against involuntary idleness.

CAEN, France

Bulletin municipal de

la ville de Caen. Année 20, no. 1. 1912, January.

CROYDON, England. Council minutes and incidental papers, from 9th November, 1910, to 3d October, 1911. With index. v. 29 in 2 pts.

Contains reports no. 1-75, including all the customary reports on municipal activities. The expiration of the present water committee is made the occasion for reviewing the proceedings of the committee for the past five years (doc. 75). The annual report of the medical officer contains a syllabus of lectures to parents on care of children, etc. The report of the school canteen committee (doc. 42) describes in detail the provision for underfed school children.

DENVER, Col. Denver Municipal Facts (weekly). v. 4, no. 13-17. 1912, March 30-April 27.

No. 14 gives an account of the largest sale of improvement bonds in the history of Denver, viz., $2,700,000 civic center bonds, on April 2, 1912.

DIJON, France. Bulletin municipal officiel de la ville. Année 17, série 2. 1912, no. 1-2. January-February.

At the end of each number is printed the Bulletin mensuel de statistique of the Bureau d'Hygiène for the preceding month.

DURBAN, Natal. Mayor's minute with departmental reports, appendices, and

balance sheets, for the municipal year ended 31st July, 1911. 1912. 317 p.

Durban's municipal undertakings are water, tramways, electric light, market, the native market and telephones. The city also maintains publie baths, a museum, zoological gardens, a musical director, a municipal tuberculosis bureau.

HAVRE, France. Budget supplémentaire de l'exercice 1911. Exposé. 17 p. 8°.

Address of the mayor to the council in support of the supplementary budget, reviewing its several provisions.

HOUSTON, Texas. Progressive Houston. v. 3, no. 9-11. January-March, 1912.

No. 9 gives an account of the recent land show and of the extensive viaduct construction now proceeding. No. 11 contains the annual reports of the city departments.

JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal. Minutes of the municipal council. 1912.

Minutes of the special meeting of January 30, contain urgency reports of the public health committee. relating chiefly to small-pox and the plague.

LAUNCESTON, Tasmania. Mayor's valedictory address and departmental reports. 1911. 44 p. 8°.

MAGDEBURG, Germany. Bericht über die Verwaltung und den Stand der Gemeinde-Angelegenheiten der Stadt Magdeburg für die Zeit vom 1. April, 1910, bis 31. März 1911. xii, 545 p. f°.

Vital statistics, labor conditions, milk supply, invalid insurance, police, building construction, parks, fires, street cleaning, slaughter-houses, municipal water-works, gas works, electricity plant, public health, baths, schools, museums, city orchestra and city theater, poor, sick and accident insurance, industrial and commercial courts, legal aid bureau, labor bureau, municipal savings bank.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Annual reports of the various city officers for the year 1910. v.p. 8°.

MONS, Belgium. Rapport sur l'administration et la situation des affaires de la ville pendant l'année 1910. 238. viii p. 8°.

MUNICH, Germany. Münchener Gemeinde Zeitung (semi-weekly). Jahrg.

40, no. 94-104, November 29-December 30, 1911. Jahrg. 41, no. 1-22, January 3-March 18, 1912.

-Sitzungsberichte des Magistrats, Gemeinde-Kollegiums, etc, Jahrg. 40, no. 95-104, November 29-December 30, 1911. p. 1615-1771. Jahrg. 41, no. 1-30, January 3-April 17, 1912. p. 1-334. 4°.

Pages 211-218 (February 3, 1912) comprise a discussion of the revision of the municipal contract system. Reference is made to the exemplary system in operation in Saxony and its beneficent effect on labor. Pages 247-253, 388-396, 400-413 contain discussions relative to the feeding of poor school children, the maintenance of soup kitchens, etc. Reference is made to the installation of similar arrangements by an American, Count Rumford, in Bavaria several hundred years ago. Pages 358-366, 566-567 relate to compulsory vocational schools. Pages 387, 525-528 relate to the proposed publication of a municipal year-book. Pages 484-501, 543-558, relate to the establishment of a fund for insurance against unemployment. Pages 595-596, 643-659 relate to the organization of a consumers' league confined to public employes. Pages 298-300 contain a report of the proceedings at the opening of the new market.

OSWEGO, N.Y. Journal of the common council from January 1, 1910, to January 1, 1911. 307 p. 8°.

PARIS, France. Bulletin municipal officiel de la ville de Paris (daily). Année 31. no. 33-100, February 2-April, 1912. p. 729-1972.

A report (27, p., 4°.) of the meeting on December 23, 1911, of the commission on Old Paris accompanies the Bulletin of February 3, as a supplement. Pages 1224-1226 contain a proposition to the municipal council for a special municipal tax on spirits and for the establishment of dispensaries for combating tuberculosis. These two measures, it is expected, will counteract the decline in the birthrate, which, at the present rate, it is estimated will fall to 189,000 for the whole of France in 1930. Pages 1281-1305 comprise the census of Paris, taken March 5, 1911. Pages 1321-1334, 1402-1414, 1465-1472, contain discussions in the municipal council on improper police protection in Paris and in the suburbs. Pages 13721381 contain a discussion of the hospital and asylum system of Paris, prefaced by a brief historical résumé of its development since the Revolution. Pages 1506-1510 relate to a modification of the taximeter tariff. Pages 1596 et seq. contain a discussion relative to a proposed municipal bureau of labor to regulate social hygiene, free employment, unemployment and housing conditions. Pages 1602-1607, and 16941695 contain the discussion of the report on civil retirements. M. Paul Virot, the father of the report, in opening the discussion, reviews the history of civil retirements in France since the passage of the

first law for their installation in 1853. Pages 16731674 relate to proposed housing schemes.

PITTSBURGH, Penna. Annual reports of the executive departments of the city for the year ending January 31, 1911. 2 v. 8°.

QUEDLINBURG, Germany. Bericht über die Verwaltung und den Stand der Gemeinde-Angelegenheiten der Stadt Quedlinburg für das Rechnungsjahr 1 April, 1910-1911. 140 p. 4°.

Municipal savings bank, school savings banks, slaughter houses, 48th annual report of the municipal gas works (1910-11), 26th annual report of the municipal water works (1910-11), 8th annual report of the municipal electricity plant (1910-11), of the municipal bath, police, building contruction, food Inspection, fires, schools, poor, employment bureau.

REVERE, Mass. Annual reports of the several boards of town officers, heads of departments, etc., for the municipal year ending March 4, 1912. 520 p.

The building laws of the town are under revision. The text of the proposed laws is printed on p. 103-168.

RICHMOND, Ind. Reports of the city controller and other officers for the year ending December 31, 1911. 46 p. 8°.

On p. 13 there are tables showing respectively the receipts, construction expenses and operating expenses for each month of each year, 1907-1911, of the municipal electric light plant.

RIXDORF, Germany. Rixdorf in alter und neuer Zeit. 69 p., I 1., 3 maps, illus. 8°.

ST. PANCRAS, England. Annual report of the borough council for the financial year ended 31st March, 1911. 429 p.

Metropolitan borough. The greater part of the volume is taken up by the 55th annual report of the medical officer, Dr. John F. J. Sykes. Dr. Sykes has a sincere appreciation of the value of the child as a municipal asset and describes with vigor the promotion of" mothercraft" in St. Pancras, including the care and education of the child. He urges the converging into one channel, viz., schools of mothercraft, of all the moneys needed for maintenance of milk depots, day nurseries, nursery schools,

etc.

SAN FRANCISCo, Cal. Municipal Record. v. 4, 1911, no. 51-52. p. 393-408. v. 5, 1912, no. 1-17. p. 1-140.

Summary of proceedings of boards and commissions (supervisors, fire and police commissioners,

boards of education and of health), weekly progress report of bureau of architecture, street cleaning department, bureau of engineering. The inaugural message of Mayor Rolph, January 8, 1912, dealing with matters of great civic importance, is printed in full in v. 5, no. 2. V. 5, no. 3, contains the supervisors' declaration in favor of a new city hall and a civic center; no. 5 contains a report of the investigation into the alleged waste of city funds; no. 6 contains a report on the purchase of the Spring Valley Water Company's properties by the city. No. 14 gives an account of the preliminary steps taken by the Supervisors for the erection of a city hall and the creation of a civic center authorized by the voters on March 28, 1912, when they sanctioned the issue of $8,800,000 bonds for this purpose. No. 16 has a note on the municipal reference library provided for by the Supervisors.

NÜRNBERG, Germany. Voranschlag fur den Gemeindehaushalt der Stadt Nürnberg für das Jahr 1911. 329, 102, 134 p. 4°.

PAWTUCKET, R. I. Estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1912. 24 p. 8°.

RIXDORF, Germany. Haushaltspläne der Stadt Rixdorf 1911. 336, 51-74 p. f°.

SAARBRÜCKEN, Germany. Haushaltspläne für das Rechnungsjahr 1912. 225 p.

Building Construction

See also above "Administration in General" (Berlin, Brussels, Magdeburg, Quedlinburg, Revere, San Francisco); below under Statistics (Duisburg. Halle a. S., Johannesburg, Milan, Munich'; also under Police (London, England).

CLEVELAND, Ohio. The revised building code. April 1,1911. 2 p.l., 193 p.

Census

See above "Administration in General" (Paris

Charters and Ordinances

Special codes are entered under specific subjects; see, for instance, above, "Building Construction."

The Public Health Reports, issued weekly by the U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, contain, in each number, ordinances and departmental regulations pertaining to hygiene. The fol lowing is analysis of the ordinances which have appeared in the Public Health Reports from February 26 to April 19, 1912. Abattoirs:

Saginaw, Mich. July 17, 1911. v. 27, p. 162 San Diego, Cal. August 18, 1911. ib., p. 165. Barber Shop Inspection:

Brookline, Mass. November 6, 1911. v. 27, p. 519. Birth, Marriages and Death Certificates: Orange, N. J. October 2, 1911. v. 27, p. 555. Cesspools:

Brookline, Mass. November 6, 1911. v. 27, p. 550. Connellsville, Pa. July 18, 1911. ib., p. 492. Food and Drug Regulation:

Brookline, Mass. November 6, 1911. v. 27, p. 462.
Freeport, Ill. February 5, 1912. ib., p. 494.
Greensboro, N. C. Julv 11, 1911.
Holland, Mich. October 2, 1911.

ib., p. 462. ib., p. 464.

Louisville, Ky. August 8, 1911. ib., p. 465. Orange, N. J. October 2, 1911. tb., p. 465. Wilmington, N. C. July 1, 1911. ib., p. 466. Torrington, Conn. July 1, 1911. ib., p. 493. Ice Supply:

East Orange, N. J. November 16, 1911. v. 27, p.

492.

Milk Supply:

Brookline, Mass. November 6, 1911. v. 27, p. 228.
Columbus, Ohio. November 14, 1911. ib., p. 613.
Dallas, Texas. October 16, 1911. ib., p. 645.
Jackson, Tenn.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Mansfield, Ohio.
New York City.
Newport, Ky.
Orange, N. J.

December 14, 1911. ib., p. 613.

November 28, 1911. ib., p. 616. July 7, 1911. ib., p. 646. January 4, 1912. ib., p. 434. July 13, 1911. ib., p. 647.

October 2, 1911. ib., p. 618. Piqua, Ohio. July 31, 1911. ib., p. 228. Tacoma, Wash. January 3, 1912. ib., p. 267. Mosquito Extermination:

Orange, N. J. October 2, 1911. v. 27, p. 494. Nuisances:

Brookline, Mass. November 6, 1911. v. 27, p. 491. Chattanooga, Tenn. August 28, 1911. ib., p. 198. Cumberland, Md. August 7, 1911. ib., p. 551. Detroit, Mich. October 10, 1911. ib., p. 492. Piqua, Ohio. July 3, 1911. ib., p. 226. Plainfield, N. J. July 7, 1911. ib., p. 231. Torrington, Conn. July 1, 1911. ib., p. 523. Public Health and Vital Statistics:

Binghamton, N. Y. July 28, 1911. v. 27, p. 196. Refuse Disposal:

Blomington, Ill. August 5, 1911. v. 27, p. 196. Brookline, Mass. November 6, 1911. ib., p. 266. Orange, N. J. December 1, 1911. ib., p. 522. St. Paul, Minn. July 14, 1911. ib., p. 200. Second Hand Clothing-Sale:

Freeport, Ill. February 5, 1912. v. 27, p. 521. Spitting:

Cincinnati, Ohio. September 6, 1911. ib., p. 491. Stables:

East Orange, N. J. November 16, 1911. v. 27, p. 520.

Holland, Mich. October 2, 1911. ib., p. 494. Wilmington, N. C. July 25, 1911; December 7, 1911. b., p. 495, 555. Towels-Common Use:

Detroit, Mich. January 23, 1912. v. 27, p. 520. Water Supply:

Wilmington, N. C. January 23, 1912. v. 27, p.

523.

BREMEN, Germany. Gesetzblatt der freien Hansestadt Bremen, 1911. vii, 268 p. 8°.

OGDEN, Utah. Revised ordinances including all ordinances of a general nature in force March 1, 1910, and all franchises and special grants. Revised, compiled and arranged by James H. Devine. liv, 664 p. 8°.

Child Welfare

See above "Administration in General" (Brünn, Croydon, Munich, St. Pancras); also below "Public Health and Vital Statistics" (Boston, Brookline, Milwaukee); also "Statistics" (Halle a. S.)

City Planning

See also the April, 1912, issue of Landscape Architecture for "A Brief Survey of Recent City-Planning Reports in the U.S."

Special Libraries, v. 3, no. 5 (May 1912), p. 61123, contains a Check list of references on city planning. Single copies may be purchased for 25 cents by addressing Special Libraries Association, 93 Broad St., Boston, Mass.

LEWIS, NELSON P. City planning; paper read before the municipal engineers of New York City, September 27, 1911. (Boston City Record. v. 3, no. 51. 1911.)

DENVER, Col. See above "Administration in General."

ROCHESTER, N. Y. A city plan for Rochester. A report prepared for the Rochester Civic Improvement Committee by Arnold W. Brunner, Frederick Law Olmsted and Bion J. Arnold. 1911. 39 p., 2 maps. illus. 4°.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. A list of books and articles on city planning and civic centers. Compiled and annotated by Jesse Cunningham, Librarian of the municipal reference branch of the St. Louis Public Library. 1912. 12p. 8°.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. See above "Administration in General."

Employment Bureaus

See above "Administration in General" (Quedlinburg), and below "Statistics" (Duisburg).

Finance

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Annual report of the city auditor for the year ending March 31, 1911. 184 p. 8°

Charles H. Thurston, city auditor.

EDINBURGH, Scotland. Municipal and other public accounts published in the year 1911. v. p.

Robt. Paton, city chamberlain. The accounts proper are preceded by an introductory memorandum describing the nature of the several accounts. The statements respecting assessable rentals and local rates (p. 331-346) are cumulative from 1880 to 1912. On p. 347-353 are tabular statements showing police capital expenditure for 32 years from 1879 to 1911. On p. 468-469 is a table showing receipts and