Galveston's Commission Form of City Government
Author : Edmund R. Cheesborough
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Page : 22 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
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Author : Edmund R. Cheesborough
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Page : 22 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
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Author : William Bennett Munro
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
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Author : National Municipal League
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 12,56 MB
Release : 2017-11-11
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ISBN : 9780260780348
Excerpt from The Commission Plan and Commission-Manager Plan of Municipal Government: An Analytical Study In Galveston, Texas, after the flood of 1900, which fairly wiped out the city, the typical old-style mayor-and-council form of government broke down and was replaced by a com mission of five men appointed by the Governor of Texas. This commission worked swiftly and efficiently, and soon had the municipal government working and at much less annual cost. After the emergency passed, an attempt was made to continue the same government with three members appointed by the governor and two chosen by popular vote, as it was supposed that so simple and powerful a form of organization would be unsafe if manned entirely by elective representatives. A court decision declared the continued appointment of city officers in this way to be unconstitutional, and the entire com mission forthwith became elective. To the surprise of many observers, no demoralization ensued, and through successive elections the changes in personnel have been very slight. Gal veston began to claim that it was the best governed city in the United States, and Houston, Texas, in 1905, copied the Gal veston charter with similar satisfaction. In 1907 Des Moines adopted the Galveston plan, with the addition of the initiative, referendum and recall and non partisan primary. The Des Moines charter was widely copied, largely on the strength of the Des Moines experience, the number of cities adopting this form having increased until, on june l, 1914, there are 327 cities and towns of 2000 population or over which have changed their governments to the newtype. Few changes of importance were made in the Des Moines model for several years (except the preferential ballot added first by Grand Junction, Colo.) until the appearance in 1913 of the city manager, or commission manager modification, which is described in the attached supplementary report of the committee. 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.
Author : William Bennett Munro
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 22,15 MB
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780428790189
Excerpt from The Galveston Plan of City Government Sponsors of the commission plan have sometimes urged that its adoption would ensure administration by skilled experts, since appointments made by a small body would probably be dictated by reasons of merit and experience alone. It may be noted. 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.
Author : Tso-Shuen Chang
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 36,47 MB
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780265200711
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.
Author : Galveston (Tex.) City, 1901-, Commission form
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Page : 134 pages
File Size : 18,16 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
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Author : Tso-Shuen Chang
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,23 MB
Release : 2009-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781104177942
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : George Kibbe Turner
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Galveston (Tex.)
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Author : Herman Gerlach James
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Municipal government by city manager
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 13,76 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Municipal government
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