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Page 152 - To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or be required of him by ordinance or resolution of the commission.
Page 152 - To see that the laws and ordinances are enforced. (b) To appoint and. except as herein provided, remove all directors of departments and all subordinate officers and employes in the departments in both the classified and unclassified service ; all appointments to be upon merit and fitness alone, and in the classified service all appointments and...
Page 167 - Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the City Manager, and neither the Council nt»r any member thereof, shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the City Manager either publicly or privately.
Page 167 - Except for the purpose of inquiry the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager, and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately.
Page 104 - The action of the Council in suspending or removing the City Manager shall be final, it being the intention of this Charter to vest all authority and fix all responsibility for any such suspension or removal in the Council.
Page 9 - The misgoverned city with its extortions and exactions, its undeserved despairs and its great masses of hopeless people, seemed but a few years ago to be an inevitable consequence of our industrial progress; but suddenly the light was let in and the progress of American cities in the last twenty years in strength of general purpose and in the effective reorganization of the processes of community cooperation is probably the most significant political development in recent American history.
Page 193 - Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Page 31 - Among the American cities in which privately supported bureaus of research and kindred agencies are operated are: Akron, Ohio; Chicago, 111.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Mich.; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Milwaukee, Wis. ; Minneapolis, Minn.; New York City; Philadelphia, Penn.; Rochester, NY ; St. Paul, Minn.; San Francisco, Cal.; Toronto, Canada, and Yonkers, NY tions composed of and representing various groups of municipal officials. The United States has...
Page 36 - ... municipalities. It is also supported only by the cities and with the sanction of the State. Each first class city makes an annual appropriation of $750; each second class city $500, and each third class city either $200 or $250, depending upon its population. No vested or special interest, no political party, and no individual city or class of cities can control its activities or policies. The bureau from its inception has been a non-partisan, non-factional servant of each and every official...
Page 61 - While political economists may often speak of the necessity of parties, there is none but decries blind party worship. Blind partisanship is ever the refuge of the unworthy politically, and it is he who dares not to exploit himself or his record that insists upon ignorant, unyielding and unswerving party fealty. Of late years we have emerged from the darkness, and we have emancipated our cities and our counties.