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Emory Richard Johnson

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Description:Excerpt from County Government, Vol. 47: The Annals, May 1913 Municipal reform in America got on its feet when cities began to think of their problems as a unit, and to apply the appropriate remedy on that basis. When, for example, Galveston, Des Moines and more than two hundred other municipalities adopted commission government, many of their difficulties proved to be surface manifestations of fundamental faults of organization. They changed the structure of the municipal government, making a complete new alignment to the facts of citizenship. And the simplified plan brought about, not instant and thorough-going reform in every branch of public business, but at least the prime essential condition under which such reform could be instituted. Good citizenship acquired a new and efficient instrument, through which there was direct and unmistaken responsibility to the people and the corresponding power to execute their wishes. County government has just begun to be treated in the same fundamental fashion, through such measures as the new county charter in Los Angeles, the new city and county charter in Denver, and other more general legislation, which seeks to adapt some of the principles of commission government to counties. This means that problems arising within the county have begun to be regarded as a unit - the problem of the county. Symptoms of Inefficiency But, before dealing with the structure of county government, it may be well to suggest in passing a few of the typical superficial conditions which have suggested this study. From New Jersey emanate accounts of the breakdown of the jury system, yet the sheriffs of that state, burdened with the task of impanelment, frantically endeavored this year to stay legislation which would take this function out of their control. Hudson county in that state has distinguished itself by retaining for a year in an important fiscal office a person who had been convicted of crime. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with County Government, Vol. 47: The Annals, May 1913 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding County Government, Vol. 47: The Annals, May 1913 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from County Government, Vol. 47: The Annals, May 1913 Municipal reform in America got on its feet when cities began to think of their problems as a unit, and to apply the appropriate remedy on that basis. When, for example, Galveston, Des Moines and more than two hundred other municipalities adopted commission government, many of their difficulties proved to be surface manifestations of fundamental faults of organization. They changed the structure of the municipal government, making a complete new alignment to the facts of citizenship. And the simplified plan brought about, not instant and thorough-going reform in every branch of public business, but at least the prime essential condition under which such reform could be instituted. Good citizenship acquired a new and efficient instrument, through which there was direct and unmistaken responsibility to the people and the corresponding power to execute their wishes. County government has just begun to be treated in the same fundamental fashion, through such measures as the new county charter in Los Angeles, the new city and county charter in Denver, and other more general legislation, which seeks to adapt some of the principles of commission government to counties. This means that problems arising within the county have begun to be regarded as a unit - the problem of the county. Symptoms of Inefficiency But, before dealing with the structure of county government, it may be well to suggest in passing a few of the typical superficial conditions which have suggested this study. From New Jersey emanate accounts of the breakdown of the jury system, yet the sheriffs of that state, burdened with the task of impanelment, frantically endeavored this year to stay legislation which would take this function out of their control. Hudson county in that state has distinguished itself by retaining for a year in an important fiscal office a person who had been convicted of crime. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with County Government, Vol. 47: The Annals, May 1913 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding County Government, Vol. 47: The Annals, May 1913 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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