The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-12-20
Forecast Of Report Soon to Be Is
sued by Census Bureau Shows
81 Of 204 Larger Cities
Have Commission
MANAGER FORM IS
USED BY DAYTON
Police Women Employed in rs
Cities; l55 Out Of 2O4 Own
Water Supply System; Cost
Of Purifying
By United Press

BY United Press.
Washington, b. c., December 20
The commission form of government
is in effect in 81 of the 204 cities of
over 10000 inhabitants Civil service
regulations are applied to the appoint
ment of policemen in 122 such cities,
including all those of more than 3O0,-
600 inhabitants. Policewomen are en-
ployed in 26 cities. Municipal prohi-
bition prevails in is cities. state prohi-
bition in II. and county and parish pro-
hibition in three. in Is cities certain
saloons are licensed to sell malt
liquors only These are few of the
significant and interesting facts which
will be brought out in report under
the title of General Statistics OF
Cities, 1885, to be issued in the near
future by Director Sam L. Rogers or
the Bureau of the Census.
The commission form or government
now prevails in no fewer than 81 cf
the 204 cities estimated OF have 10000
inhabitants or more in 1915. These
cities are scattered throughout 26
states, in addition to the District Of
Columbia, ranging from Massachusetts
to Washington and from South Caro-
lima to California Five OF them are
in New England, 27 in other northern
states east OF the Mississippi, 16 in
northern states between the Missis-
sippi and the Pacific coast states, nine
IN the Pacific coast states, and "a in
the South.
The largest city at present operat.
ing under the commission form of gov
ernment is New Orleans, whose pop
ulation is estimated at about 365.000;
but Buffalo, with population of about
100000, has recently voted to inaugu-
rate this system on January /. 1916.
Next in order are Washington. d. c.,
with nearly 350.O0O inhabitants; Port
land, Ore, with about 260,000, and
Denver, with about 250,000.
In these cities the commissions
range in size from three to seven mem
bers. Those in st. Paul and Omaha
have seven members each; those in
San Diego. Cal, and Fort Worth, Tex,
six each; and that in Huntington, w.
Va, four All the other commissions
are composed of either three or five
members. the great majority having
five. The salaries paid municipal com.
missioners range from $500 year in
Jackson, Mich, and Springfield, Ohio,
to $1,000 a year in Birmingham, Ala.
and their terms Of office vary from
one to four years.
Dayton, Ohio, has commission Of
five members, which decides matters
of general policy, and "city man
ager," appointed by the commission,
who looks after the administrative
work. The presiding officer of the
commission receives $500 per annum,
the other members $1,000, and the city
manager 81, 500
The larger cities still cling to the
older form of government by mayor
and council. In all, 1913 cities OF over
10000. including all having more than
100000 inhabitants, are governed in
this manner The mayors salaries
range from s1o0 per annum in Flint,
Mich, to $4,000 in New York City,
.and their terms of office from one to
four years.
A total of 51,045 police officials. pat
trolmen detectives and civilian EN-.
ployes are engaged in the work Of
maintaining peace and order in the 20s
cities. OF this total, $3.50 are officers
exclusive of detectives. 35,320 are pa
trolmen, 3,s0S are detectives and 3,O15
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