Studies in Sociology, Economics, Politics and History, Volume 6The University Press, 1918 |
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Page 156 - plan law. VII QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF CITY-MANAGER The city-manager plan, like any other form of government, is no miracle in itself. "Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too.
Page 54 - shall be fined a sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten (10), nor more than ninety (90) days."'
Page 39 - appoint all officers and subordinates in all departments of the said city. ' '"* 3. To " make and enforce such rules and regulations as they may see fit and proper for and concerning the organization, management and operation of all the departments of said city and whatever agencies may be created for the administration of its affairs."'
Page 55 - The council, by a majority vote, elects the more important officers and employees of the city, including a city clerk, solicitor, assessor, treasurer, auditor, civil engineer, city physician, marshal, market master, street commissioner, three library trustees, and "such other officers and assistants as shall be provided for by ordinance and necessary to the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the city".*
Page 39 - This board of commissioners is vested with the following powers, to be exercised by a majority vote of all members : 1. To "exercise all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of cities as may be conferred by the Constitution and laws of this
Page 61 - be made without the intervention of a primary election, by filing with the clerk "a statement of candidacy accompanied by a petition signed by electors entitled to vote at said special election equal in number to at least ten per centum of the entire vote for all candidates for the office of mayor at the last preceding general municipal election".
Page 111 - to the approval of the board of three elected commissioners. There will be no politics in the job; the work will be purely that of an expert. Local citizenship is not necessary, although a knowledge of local conditions and traditions will of course be taken into consideration. A
Page 44 - any incumbent of any office, except the controller, may be removed at any time by the mayor, with or without the concurrence of the council." 190 By acting in concert with the other aldermen in the city council, he has the right to remove any one of the aldermen or the controller.
Page 111 - The manager has no independence and the city need not suffer from his personal whims or prejudices since he is subject to instant correction, or even discharge, by the commission .... a. This abolition of one-man power makes safer the free-handed
Page 61 - entitled to vote at said special election equal in number to at least ten per centum of the entire vote for all candidates for the office of mayor at the last preceding general municipal election".