Download or read book A New Municipal Program Classic Reprint written by Clinton Rogers Woodruff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New Municipal Program To explain and justify their conclusions the various members of the National Municipal League 5 Committee on Municipal Program have cooperated in producing, this volume. To each was assigned a specific subject for treatment, and to the editor the welding of them together. This new Municipal Program is put forward with a full appreciation of the difficulties to be met with, but with a consciousness that it represents years of patient thought and hard experience on the part of those who have labored incessantly to improve conditions; and that it has had the formal approval and endorsement of the National Municipal League after three years' discussion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Municipal Program Classic Reprint written by Horace Edward Deming and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Municipal Program The powers granted to cities, however, in Colonial times and for many years after the Revolution, were few in num ber. The public afl'airs of cities were on the whole matters of petty housekeeping, not calculated to arouse great public interest. A very small proportion of the population of the whole country lived in cities. As late as 1810 the public expenditures of New York City, with a population of were only In 1820 there were but thirteen towns in the United States with population, and their combined population was less than five per cent of the entire population of the country. There was little, if anything, to create local political parties, z'. E. Parties divided upon local questions. The active political interests of the citizens were centred in national questions, and con tests for local ofiice were a part of the strife in national poli tics, local appointive ofice early becoming the spoils of partisan politics. New York's mayor, for instance, at that time appointive, was changed nine times between 1801 and 182 3, as often, that is, as the Council of Appointment changed its political complexion; in the Colonial period, although the mayor's nominal term was one year, he frequently retained the ofice for ten years. By 1 850 there were eighty-five towns in the United States with populations of and upwards, and their com bined population was approximately about 1 2% per cent of the population of the country. New York City then had a population of Philadelphia Boston and Baltimore each. During this period of growth the cities were of necessity undertaking additional functions and, since the state legislatures were the source of municipal powers and legislative statutes were the means of granting them and regulating their exercise, special and local acts of state legislatures became increasingly frequent. The Ohio Legislature, in its session of 1849-50, passed 545 such acts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Wacker s Manual of the Plan of Chicago written by Walter D. Moody and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago: Municipal Economy Chicago is destined to become the center of the modern world, if the opportunities in her reach are intelligently realized, and if the city can receive a sufficient supply of trained and enlightened citizens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Story of the City Manager Plan written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of the City-Manager Plan: The Most Democratic Form of Municipal Government This plan has aroused wide attention and the results are already so striking that city mana gers are being seriously advocated in such cities as Chicago, Cleveland and Kansas City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Municipal Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Municipal Program: Report of a Committee of the National Municipal League, Adopted by the League, November 17, 1899, Together With Explanatory and Other Papers The Municipal Program adopted by a unanimous vote at the Columbus meeting of the National Municipal League in November, 1899, represents the logical outcome of six years of effort. At the time of the Philadelphia Conference for Good City Government, called in January, 1894, at the joint invitation of the City Club of New York and the Municipal League of Philadelphia, the feeling on the part of students of municipal government and those interested in its reform was largely one of hopelessness. The papers read at the Philadelphia meeting set forth a condition of affairs sufficient to fill the most stout-hearted with a feeling of dismay. Nevertheless, the thought was present to the minds of many that a careful study of municipal conditions and a frequent exchange of views would not only clear the atmosphere, but might eventually lead to the adoption of a plan of action upon which union for concrete work might be possible. Several of the speeches looked toward this end. Indeed, it was definitely proposed that there should be formed an organization which should have for its object the study of American municipal conditions as a precedent to the formulation of a program of action. One speaker outlined the thought as follows: "One important lesson of this Conference must have been impressed on the minds of all who have taken part in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Government of Municipalities Classic Reprint written by Dorman B. Eaton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Government of Municipalities The main topics treated in this volume and the reasons for the order of their presentation are so fully explained in the introductory chapter that few words are needed here. The lack of any generally accepted municipal system in the United States and the contrariety of opinion concerning the most important methods of municipal government are recognized facts, and - they must largely affect the treatment of our subject. Conflicts of opinion and serious disputes about theories and methods would be unavoidable even if nothing further should be attempted than a plan of city government formed by compilation and deductions from American precedents and experience alone. I must think that such a treatment of the matters we are to deal with would be quite inadequate; for very instructive lessons in municipal government can be best studied in the practical methods, and the results of administration in the leading cities of Europe, where municipal experience has been much longer and more varied than in the United States. Nevertheless, our municipal system must be framed in harmony with our constitutional principles and social life; so that, while nothing intrinsically good should be rejected merely because of its foreign origin, nothing can be adopted unless compatible with the fundamental theories of republican government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Municipal Government the Modern Trend written by Detroit Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Municipal Accomplishment in City Planning and Published City Plan Reports in the United States Classic Reprint written by Theodora Kimball Hubbard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Municipal Accomplishment in City Planning and Published City Plan Reports in the United States The powers and duties of each Plan Commission, together with the number of Commissioners, personnel and appropria tions will naturally vary to accommodate the local require ments of each city, nevertheless for all cities that may be establishing or reorganizing City Plan Commissions the fol lowing procedure and suggestions have been compiled. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Proceedings of the New York Conference for Good City Government and the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League written by Clinton Rogers Woodruff and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the New York Conference for Good City Government and the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League: Held April 25, 26, 27 and 28, 1905 at New York This volume of Proceedings contains the papers completing the work of the Committee on Nomination Reform and of the Committee on Instruction in Municipal Government in American Educational Institutions. Of the importance of these two lines of inquiry there is no question; the value of the discussions and the conclusions and recommendations is to be determined by the future. Already they have served one of the prime purposes of their institution: they have created a wider and more intelligent interest in the subjects on the part of those who are in a position to introduce improvements. The papers prepared for and by the Committee on Nomination Reform are being separately edited with the expectation that they will be shortly published in a volume similar to "The Municipal Program." Those to be found in this volume are specially noteworthy, in that they summarize and comment upon the results of conspicuous and typical experiments. The report of the Committee on Instruction was prepared by trained educators, who have brought to their task not only the results of their own careful observations, but an enlightened public spirit and a deep-seated desire to promote the objects of their appointment. This report has been referred to a new Committee, authorized and to be appointed, which is to have for its object the coordination of the various efforts now making to furnish civic and municipal instruction in the elementary and secondary schools of the country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Municipal Home Rule Charters Classic Reprint written by Margaret A. Schaffner and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Municipal Home Rule Charters Municipal Home Rule Charters was written by Margaret A. Schaffner in 1908. This is a 37 page book, containing 9900 words. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Commission Government With a City Manager Classic Reprint written by National Short Ballot Organization and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Commission Government With a City Manager In December, 1910, the board of trade at Lockport, N. Y., grew weary of the way municipal affairs in that town were being run under the familiar mayor-and council plan of organization. Like hundreds of other such bodies, they turned almost instinctively to com mission government. But there was no Optional law on the statute books at that time which they could adopt by the simple expedient of filing a petition with the city clerk and holding a special election. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History and Analysis of the Commission and City Manager Plans of Municipal Government in the United States Classic Reprint written by Tso-Shuen Chang and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History and Analysis of the Commission and City-Manager Plans of Municipal Government in the United States The commission form of city government is not a definite and fixed type of municipal organization. With the increase In the number of cities operating under this so-called commission form of government, and with the increase in the number of devia tions and departures from the original Galveston plan found in various cities and communities which are claiming to have a commission plan of government, it is rather important to have clearly in mind at the very outset, what is and what is not com mission government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Municipal Public Works written by Samuel Whinery and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Municipal Public Works: Their Inception, Construction and Management This book is intended for the inexperienced city official and for the urban citizen. Numbers of good and earnest men are elected or appointed to official positions in our municipal governments whose interests and previous business experience and training have not been of such a character as to lead them to study the principles controlling, and the problems that will be met with in conducting, municipal public works, and who, upon assuming the duties and responsibilities of office, feel that they are deficient in the special knowledge necessary to enable them to discharge intelligently and efficiently the duties of their new positions. The veteran in municipal service and the student of municipal administration will not find in the book much that is new to them, although they may find that some matters are presented from points of view different from those to which they have been accustomed. Believing as I do that it is both the privilege and the duty of every citizen to take an active interest and part in municipal government, and particularly in the carrying out of municipal public works, I have thought that a book of this character might help to arouse such an interest in those who have not previously given much attention to the subject, as well as to stimulate further interest and inquiry among those already familiar with it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Crisis of the Cities Classic Reprint written by Frederick K. Huntington-Vigman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Crisis of the Cities The many entries under the caption City Administration stressed problem of, reform of, evils of, our failures in and the like. Concerted attack on municipal corruption had not yet reached its crest, but it was gathering momentum. Equally extensive were the entries under the heading, Housing of the Working Classes and of the Poor in Cities and the section on water supply and sanitation was surprisingly long. On the other hand there were comparatively few entries for public works and home rule; the only item on city plan ning was Planning the Site for a City, a technical study by Lewis M. Haupt in Engineering Magazine for 1895. Three years later Brooks prepared, with the help of Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, A Bibliography of Municipal Problems and City Conditions, complete to 1901. Explaining the need for the work, Brooks wrote since the publication of the first edition of this work in 1897, the literature on cities has grown so rapidly that from three to four times as much space is now required to list it adequately. References to European cities reflected growing interest in comparative studies. The project, Sponsored by the Reform Club, was suspended when the re form movement receded, following on a number of victories for mea sures it had sponsored. In this interim the most intensive studies of municipal affairs shifted to such universities as maintained chairs in municipal government and political science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Regulation of Municipal Utilities Classic Reprint written by Clyde Lyndon King and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Regulation of Municipal Utilities At the first meeting of the National Municipal League, held in Minneapolis in December, 1894, a paper on Some Essentials of Good City Government in the Way of Granting Franchises, by Edward W. Bemis, was presented. From that time on the subject of public utility franchises has been considered at length at the various sessions of the League. There have been numer ous papers describing local conditions, with comments on the lessons involved; there have been numerous sug gestions as to the ways and means of handling the fran chise problem' in American cities; there have been authoritative articles on the various movements, state and municipal, to control franchises in the interest of the people there have been sundry propositions looking toward a solution of the several phases of the problem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Select List of Books on Municipal Affairs written by Library Of Congress and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Select List of Books on Municipal Affairs: With Special Reference to Municipal Ownership; With Appendix, Select List of State Documents National municipal league. A municipal program. Report of a committee of the National municipal league, adopted by the league, November 17 1899, together with explanatory and other papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book National Municipal Review 1915 Vol 4 Classic Reprint written by Clinton Rogers Woodruff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from National Municipal Review, 1915, Vol. 4 Nor has the war interfered with the orderly functions of the cities. There has been a natural conservatism in the undertaking of new work and the assumption of new functions; but so far as reported there has been no abandonment of those lines of activities previously assumed and regularly carried on. Although it must be pointed out that if it had not been for the war, the new year would have seen the greatest develop ment of municipal activity the country has ever witnessed, along both physical and general lines, and I am not at all sure that the war will check the latter. That it has seriously interfered with the former, how ever, there can be no doubt, due, however, undoubtedly to the unsettled financial condition of the country. From all sections comes the word that there is great difficulty in placing city loans, at least through the usual channels. Although there have been notable exceptions as in the case of New York, which with comparative ease floated a loan of to take up the city stock held abroad and falling due this autumn. Municipal credit as such does not seem to be hurt or jeopardized. The trouble seems to be in the disinclination of the capitalists to invest in municipal or any other issues, although this timidity and unwillingness is beginning to Show Signs of disappearing, and the belief quite widely prevails that where municipal bond issues are offered in popular amounts and over the counter, as described in the review of last year's municipal events2 they will be promptly taken up. Indeed the opinion prevails among financial authorities that the European Situation in time, and that a comparatively Short one, will make municipal securities the most desir able in America. The solution of the present problem is the issuance of short term notes, not revenue bonds issued in anticipation of taxes matur ing in six or eight months, but two, three and four-year or one to five-year serial securities, similar to the recent six per cent corporate stock notes issued by New York City, carrying interest at five or five and one half per cent or possibly a little higher, according to the Size and credit of the borrower. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.