Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-17
FOR CITY GOVERNMENT
The National Municipal League AS.
ISOLATION at Columbus Discusses
the New Program.
Various Phases Of City Government
Are Considered Under the Com
mittees' Report
Question of Discrimination in the
Limitation Of a Municipality's
Indebtedness.

Columbus, o., Nov. 17.-The executive
committee of the National Municipal
League has chosen Milwaukee as the
place of the next meeting. The meet
ing this morning opened with an adj
dress by Professor L. S. Rowe, of the
University of Pennsylvania. on public
Accounting Undr the Proposed NIu
nlclpal Program DIR. L. w. Hartwell,
secretary of the Boston Municipal Sta
tistical Commission, spoke on ..Finan-
cal Reports of municipalities, With
special reference to the Requirement
of Uniformity" Dr. Samuel E. Spar
iling, secretary of the Wisconsin League
OF municipalities, discussed the same
phase of the subject. Financial Con-
was the theme of A. L. Crosby, former
deputy auditor of Cleveland. Accounts
of Municipal and Industrial Enter
prlses' was treated on by Professor C.
IL. Tooke, of the University of Illinois.
Walter s.. Allen. of Boston, dwelt on
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: e''e vas d seiierai ais
eussion Oh the report OF the committee
on the municipal program looking to
the adoption of model charter, which
completed the work of the league for
this session.
The mnnicin.l n,osra,,, &c ,,ri;na1
h, ~, ,,,,,,,,,i..a
.1,,,
,a.,,s.t...i , t'iit ~ iaes ioi q peisoiiai
: -. = - anu nom ton
80 ~ peslsioii sisiieu " nor
NJ. 80, an oii'eiai
80 D.A''o' VIII eiie names ol ehe
- q, CTS ~ aiii'apet .l
- ~, 80 .n e'.ie u eHe Once
80 s'se ~ Noee ssp'iaeeis loI
- = iet "iioiii ne Votes ana
1853 :. .tsssssais tnae s'ii municipal
ere s shail be 1eid AT a different
~. ga y '',ts ii''tioiif'i eiecsiotis,
- ~ W - isi'eNe ehe eieies from
is Sc .'is'e'Ne eoiilfoi ana permit them
liiieAeiiel opportunities OF local devel-
oti'ieiil' elsies are vested Win the wla-
So posslole powers OF local govern
,iisiiS' I ne organization provided has
peen mace Very simple Il consists of a
mayor elected by the people for a two
years term council 10 De elected by
seEerdi ticket fora SIX Gears one-third
lol the members being elected every two
years, at the time of the election of the
mayor. The details of the municipal or
eanizaton are 10 be fixed by the coun-
ell. With the exceptions that the coun-
Qil is 10 elect comptroller, that all of
the other city officers are TO be APP
pointed by the mayor. without fixed
term. but subject 10 be removed by him
on charges, for reasons Of other than a
/ political character and that all am
3polntments in the subordinate admins
t trative service of the city shall be made
where practicable as the result OF COM
lpetitive examinations conducted under
the direction Of a civil seryjca commits
sian whose members are an,,ointad b,.
The paavor,,
,Iiscnssion of ona Of mo ,,onos;-
lions in the ,er,o,,t of h. CON, ,,,itfaa no
lcitv,s mover. "a i,,c,,, i,,,, .s,,telinsss
or,ened nv Rird 8 COLI. co,,r,trg,lIar -
| Create, New yo,.l, ,,h, ay,,i.,i,aa 49,,
financial system of the rnetrano1is and
commended, for a lihara1 l,nst,,,,e,ia,, ~
fb ,,,,,,i,.;,a1i,,,,, ,,c,,...,. IC,,s,
Mr. CnIar sa{f, ba hs.liavsd MAJ tbs
constitutiona1 clause lin,iting hona L.
| sues was NOT ada11ted ia modern cordi-
tons in that Il f,o..s NOT s,,ffi,.;antly AZ.
criYoir.,ta between ,wo e1asses ~ dehts
Of a Wholly different charact4r-tt,osa
raIstine, RI sirorro,,ey,ants Of narpoa-
mont natl,ra ire banafits from which
in,1re - nostaritv and increase rava-
nnes and those which are incnrred in
heautifvine civ and i,o,,,o,,ing 10
sanitary condition. In the latter class
ara marks n,ihlic hli1flirgs soboale ard
na,-ing tba aynandit,,rss For Witch
| ought ~ he limited bv tn. constit,,ior
Mr. Carte, held tbat tbare should a.
M oonstitutional limit n me mover az
| cities 10 issua yater bonds and bonds
for similar n,,rnoses as ordinarily tbe
earnings of water nlants are snfticient
~ r,ay i,,teres, and aye,+,,a1i,, ~ ,.le
up the bonds. These views We're in
Richmond. Ind. and William A. Giles
and George C. Skies Of Chicago.
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