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Stran 207 - ... an election for the purpose within forty days. At that election the incumbent sought to be removed is a candidate to succeed himself, unless he shall have resigned or otherwise notified the council of his intention not to run, and his name is placed on the ballot without nomination. In this removal election the candidate receiving the highest number of votes is declared elected. If the incumbent receives the highest number of votes he is retained in office, but if some other person receives the...
Stran 205 - ... acts calling elections, acts providing for tax levies or appropriations for the usual current expenses of the state, and urgency measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, passed by a twothirds vote of all the members elected to each house.
Stran 231 - ... of the city, and to persons who shall apply therefor at the office of the city clerk. At the end of each year the council shall cause a full and complete examination of all the books and accounts of the city to be made by competent accountants...
Stran 192 - Although in 1899, the city had been the fourth wealthiest city per capita in the United States, its municipal bonds immediately fell to sixty. Thousands of people were hurrying away and there were grave doubts as to whether or not the city could ever be preserved. To retain its population, confidence had to be restored and the city assured of protection against a repetition of the disaster. Under the strain the old municipal organization broke down. For years the annual expenditures had exceeded...
Stran 207 - The council shall, at said first meeting, or as soon as practicable thereafter, elect by majority vote the following officers : A city clerk, solicitor, assessor, treasurer, auditor, civil engineer, city physician, marshal, chief of fire department, market master, street commissioner, three library trustees, and such other officers and assistants as shall be provided for by ordinance...
Stran 268 - The short ballot principle is — First — That only those offices should be elective which are important enough to attract (and deserve) public examination. Second — That very few offices should be filled by election at one time, so as to permit adequate and unconfused public examination of the candidates.
Stran 220 - Public Affairs; (2) Accounts and Finance; (3) Public Safety; (4) Streets and Public Improvements; (5) Parks and Public Property. Designation by the Council. GENERAL COMMISSION POWERS: "All the executive, legislative and administrative powers formerly exercised by the Mayor, City Council, Board of Public Works, Park Commissioners, Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, Board of Water Works, Trustees, Board of Trustees, Solicitor...
Stran 168 - ... functions are exercised through commissioners appointed by the executive or created by legislative enactment. The name in general use is said to have been adopted in Galveston for the reason that a majority of the first administrative board were appointed and "commissioned" by the Governor of the state to deal with the special conditions existing in that city.
Stran 258 - On the other hand, the concentration of population and the growth of great industrial centers have brought into the foreground a mass of new problems which the community is compelled to face. Many of them come directly within the legitimate sphere of government, but so strong is the hold of the political ideas of the eighteenth century that in most of our cities we must depend upon private effort for their solution.
Stran 175 - ... is of real value when viewed from the standpoint of the organization of city departments. Whether or not we agree with this analogy, we cannot disregard the fact that the popular view with reference to the administration of the city's executive departments is moving toward the standards which have proved so successful in the management of great corporate enterprises. This means that the people are prepared to accept the same administrative standards in municipal affairs as those which prevail...