Proceedings of the conference for good city government and the annual meeting of the national municipal league1903 |
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Page 321 - tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountain side Let Freedom ring.
Page 201 - In all the forms of government and administrative provisions which they are authorized to prescribe the commission should bear in mind that the government which they are establishing is designed not for our satisfaction, or for the expression of our theoretical views, but for the happiness, peace, and prosperity of the people of the Philippine Islands...
Page 123 - one shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten thousand to flight.
Page 319 - Illustrious man, deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind ; before whom all borrowed greatness sinks into insignificance, and all the potentates of Europe (excepting the members of our own royal family) become little and contemptible.
Page 168 - Cities of the first, and cities of the second class; incorporated villages and incorporated villages for special purposes.' The basis of the classification was unqualifiedly fixed by the statute which provided that all cities which then had, or might thereafter have, a population exceeding 20,000, should be cities of the first 1 66 Ohio St.
Page 167 - Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State, and no special law shall be enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law.
Page 11 - Resolved, That the National Municipal League approve Alliance. the suggestion of a Civic Alliance and that the Executive Committee be authorized to take such steps as may, in its judgment, be desirable and necessary to carry it into execution. This resolution was unanimously adopted. MR. WOODRUFF : The following letter from the secretary of the Municipal Art Society of Chicago touches a matter of interest and importance and should therefore be laid before all members : CHICAGO, April 20, 1903. Dear...
Page 168 - Sections 1546 to 1552 of the Revised Statutes relate exclusively to the subject of classification. The first of these sections now provides that cities of the first class shall be of three grades, and cities of the second class shall be of eight grades. In the present view, grades of classes are but added classes. In these eleven classes the eleven principal cities of the State are isolated, so that an act conferring corporate power upon one of them by classified description, confers it upon no other....
Page 242 - City is prohibited. CHAPTER III. DUTIES. ARTICLE 1. Every citizen is in duty bound to call the attention of the authorities to any violation of the laws of this School City. CHAPTER IV. PUNISHMENTS. ARTICLE 1.
Page 293 - Thus a concise and accurate statement of the financial condition of the City at the end of the year is given at a glance. The succeeding