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| tho streets lla viii also. 10 nio'nhot u Tho
board II tsiiWa,e and hpr9r,lo9msn, hayo
a.voice gpon all matters an~'tns thA interests
! ~ The clty as n Whole
sAurs ron ioc.L iMppovpurVr INSTINCTS
Tho local lnrfovcrnent boards nfe nls"
! made more ln,frturt than formerly The
dlstrict over Witch they have lufisdi'uun are
! made permanent 40 that district neishhof
? hood fSrllng uaS 30 naint1lhed and ~ Ifomoted
Tho present method uf division 10y bouatotiAl
Districts IL adhr'rd tp with vrty iow sScop-
lions. and the IN tflo,s are given rermsnent
naines namc~ Which have In ln"st css~s his
! totlcal agnnonnre instead of beng mweIy
boTniares Of the,. district. shall not 10
! changed with the periodical app"fuonmehts
The narns. sslectod for ths.s districts ar.
ward. one ana ,so of queens. Sewto.n, Third
district, tn. iieign's fith disrio'. Fourth
.S.S 4nTi.S G.S and 'dfSI4 s.n ws. a.G
! Brooklyn New T,recht seventh district, Tenth
and Iwclftl ward, 4 bro. dyn, Red LOOK
ton: Ninth District. Seventh senqtorai dis
snG wiamss Tsn,s d'Tic, shM dis,Ti Ss9
Green rn,seGth d.5c Gleys.th se1Et2Ii9l -t,
Twelfth Senatorial district, Ccrlear's Hook
Fifteonth district, Ihrtsenth Senatorial dis
@ S. s1ns sps ts'' SsT
district. Fiitecnth senatoriai district. Central;
Elrhteent,h district, sixteenth senatorial di1-
tTlci Eishtesath sep.to1d district, York;
ys TSe9r, ai1bTCs NHsse1tA and
:4cond %Sn district. TniTty:ar.t and Tweniy,tEird
A..ombiy districts. Ws.hing,oo Heights;
Of the Twspty-flrst Senatorial district IN Man
haitian Harlem Twsnty-fourth district Twenty
G f.nHt2F rMsnfSs dsTS Sf dl at hIonF frnty sT;
second senatorial district east ot the Bronx
River. and shall be called Chester.
REcoSsrErCrED BOARD or ESTIMATE.
The present Board Of Estimate consists OF
tho Mayor Comptroller. President 81 the Coun-
Ci Presiisnt OF the pepsrtment of Taxes and
lie Corporation Coun-el-that is the Mayor
i3A h rabhiGs iGh yhS w't@ b6ard T sEtSh EPt the S com on
missions recommendations are adopted VIII
L. by far the most important In the city Rovern.
Il advisable to make the Corporation Counsel
and the President Of tie Department 0f lahes
ard Assessments siecuys 3tcers neither was
beIs of te board at large
The commission has recommended that the
officers viz The Mayor. the Comptroller and
the President Of the Board OF Aldermen. elected
by the city at larSe the lteadshtS {r 81 the I'VE
tiles / he commission decided that the total
voting power of the five borough PRESIDENTS
should bs less than that OF the officers elected
IRON the city at arse, and II was not Thought
Inst 70 give 70 the Representatives Of the smaller
borouahs an equal vote with the pre-identa of
the two great bOroughs OF Manhattan ana
Brooklyn Therefore. the commission pro-
poses 70 give three votes TO each OF the officers
elected at lar ge two votes each ~ the Presidents
oil the borouyhs Of Manhattan and Brooklyn
and one vote each u the Presidents oi lie
bronx Queens ana fhGn,ntondi mi, H.. he 81 s,u
and nine will Oe cast by the officers ,lecIed 1t
large. assuring 20 them control Of the board.
TO STOP The HoLD-rP oP BoSDs.
The commission proposes that issue Of bonds
in all cases where there Is no real discretion
us to such issue-such as Tor relund!hs phr-
poses and payins awards IN cohdeinna,on
has shown that money Lust be borrowed yearly
TO meet the necessities of the growing city
of the docKs--ho.Ad be vested III the board
of Estimate and AppgrtIonineht alone In
other CASES the proposed amendments irOyds
what Is In effect veto power y! the Board oi
AlielInril, to he expressed by the vote q! a
majority OF al tine E.einuers; IL - further
provided that any acton must he taken 10y t;ie
Board Of Aldermen within siA weeks aitr th9
receipt Of n copy OF the resolution oi the boAJ
OF Estimate and, Apportioninent authorizing
GraIts OF franchise must In like manner 10y
our plan be acted upon within siA we,ks r aiter
frames the proposed legislation.
CoMpTEoLLEEs IELs GU OPT. SALARY RAisED'
The orgaalzatlou and powers Of the Finance
Department oi tAe t.'y are .eit tuo.taAll14!y
UNCHANGED except thai To the heldI tnent 81
Finance are .iVen substantial powers OF audit
and AL u~t ent on a / Dl.., Tie manager ent
Of thu finances o the departments OF Police
and Education, ana I sal IeI.sI y !unAs, has
been llac Ell in tite Depa tneut OF Finance
The toInptrol oller's salary now Is sl'.'O and
he receives larger amount as a peI,ehtase
upon tle cpuectiOus made under the transfer
H. The commission proposes to make his
slIary sl5.Opo. ana TO have the tax fees 70 Into
tie ity treasury.
EAST RIVER BRIDoR COMMISSION ABOLISHED,
All tunnels except the subway tunnels are
nut into tie charge Of tho Conn iSsiOner Of
Lrid-es. and tie new last Fiver Bride Com.
mission Is done ava, Tit1' ITS duueS oelhs put
The commission declares for municipal
ownership OF the water 81 stem ana condemns
cha Charter Hr araendmehts m avhs The city the yis6s
to condemn water rights In all parts OF the
vocates the exclusion OF the water bonds here
after issued from the computation OF the city's
debt In relation to the debt limit
The organlaatiQn and powers of the Dock
Board are left without material change. eN-
eert that the power to contract h, ior reIn,fs
upon mere orders by the Dock Board Is made
dependent upon the concurrence OF the Board
OF Estimate
n material change is proposed in regard
10 the Law DEPARTMENT EXCEPT An amend
ment - rrohibit the prtnclnai oliccrs 3f Vat
In court for private clients and from acting
as referees or receivers,
oSE-HFAD POLICE COMMISSIONER.
The commission recommends a Slig!e-heaG"d
police commission. with two deputy com
rni-.IoIers, the Commissioner e. receive Su,-
OU0 q year aui each deputy coIlnis ssiuuer $500,
The commission recommends that th" Police
Cominlssioner have power 10 apI Oint a chief
who IL not member 81 the department. The
executive powers Of the chief are preserved.
hut he ls removable by the Commissioner with
the arUruval Of the Mayor All detactlvs
sergeant are made periuanent officers, A
they now ara in BROOKLYN
bi-ra- is4u i'ecti y BOARD Of 'our mem
be-s so receiving s9Oon a year, to be al-
Iolrted wy tho Mayor. is re'uf1n ended.
Tho Fi-e Commissioner il 10 have two gem
eral do'utos, without a urn dptory provision
stationing ono ~ them In BROOKLYN.
poCToR MAY NJ PHp.IDFNT or HrAiTH BOARD,
II "a proposcd that the Board II Health shall
consist ~ preeid dent a pointed 10y the Mayor.
the Police Cowmissioner az d the lloAlth ficer
Of the Port II proposes to reu ov" the re-
striction preventing the appointment of
physician 10 be president Of the board.
so oNE-MAN POWER PARK BOARD.
The commission recommends decrease
In the individual power 81 Park iCnuiseiuners
and that qll important matters be egided In
open meetings 3 the hoard.
The powers and duties Of The Art Commits
sion are to he extended so eS 10 require its ap-
proyal Of the artistic or monumental features
OF every public structure costing over $780,
0OO.
ONr-HpLD CHARITIES DEPARTMENT.
The commission recommends single headed
ChariteE commission and removal Of the ~ D.
llr lOSl!!alS OF the old CITY into