New-York tribune., 1900-09-25
CHARTER REVISION REPORT.
MANUFA CTURERs' ASSOCIATIONS ADOi 10
RESOLUTIONS SUGGESTING MANY
CHANGES.

Suesestions for the revision OF the city charter
were adopted at a meeting of the Manufacturers
Association of New-York last night and VIII Dc
sent to-day to George w Dawson, the secretary or
the Charter Revision Commission. They were pre-
sartea for the approval of the association by a
special committee which has been at WORK on the
report all summer. Frank Harvey Field was chaH-
man of the committee. The recommendations We're
approved almost as presented The only point that
excited much debate was that concerning sprihs
elections Some opposition was made TO this, but
the paragraph was carried. The resolutions in part
are:
First-we favor two years term for the Mayor,
removal Shan extend throughout his entire term
we also favor the election Of t9e MsyGrii ConI snd
other municipal officials a spring iS elsedon bsre Se
thlpk that the people OF me GY every two
years I've regard this as especially important
given in the charter and il his power is increased
by giving him power Of remoVa during n5 ete f
the conduct of every department of the city & gov
MaVor and remove bad Mayor as often once
secondWe favor abolIshing the present council
of the Municipal Assembly making the MunleiRat
Assembly one large popular body nerseSg S IGS
be elected from the city at large on the JcEst w1n
from each Assembly district
Third~Ne favor the municipal ownership of the
trscts n1ts be made Wit private companies for water
FourShMMe We favor home rule ~ IN borae bdaTs
by the borough presidents The control of the ap
1Se appointing power more nearly in touch with
the people We favor central Board Of Educa
ton composed of delegates from the various Dor
ough boards. but of extremely limited power The
borough boards should retain far as possible,
the control of both the educat tional and physical
Fffth-We favor the abolition OF the local boards
for the purpose of local improvements, and mat
in lieu therees the members of the Municipal A
sembly within each borough. together with the
president of such borough, shall constitute locdl
borough boarG with power 20 initiate and carry
our imUrJVemeptS q
jurisdiction of the local borough boards the pres-
as now possessed by the MAJOR with regard to acts
OF he Municipal Assembly This should necessitate
the adoption of the old Brooklyn system of levy
rnents before such improvements were made in
stead Of after the making Of improvements as now
the jurisdiction of these borough boards to be OF a
strictly local character. such as sewers, PavementS
sessments Of property within the borough
Stxth-We favor provision recurring that AZ
the city government be made only after the ap-
provaI of the Board o. Estimate and Apportion-
mem, and that the Board of Estimate and Appor-
reduce the salary of any ofhctai or empioye or
the city government whose salary is not perma-
seveuth--We believe in single headed Police De
paa1Ieh m &h nTovis0 sor
ties We believe that the Bureau of Election should
be wholly divorced from the Police Department; II;
ballot machines should be made compulsory within
the Board or Public Improvement can well be exeT-
csed by the Municipal Assembly. the local borough
ment The present Board OF Public improvements
could then be abolished and the unnecessary Office
practical operation, the Board of Public Improve
ments seems to us to unnecessarily compltcate the
ifs aboon Would III tend to simplicity and ecienSy
I'm the city government