The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-19
CHICAGO PAYS HIGH
Mayor Gets $4,000 a Year and
Seventy Aldermen $4,000 Each.
NEW YORK is NEXT IN LINE.

Gotham Allows It's Chief Executive
$4,000, Philadelphia $4,000, Boston,
ST. Louis, Newark, N. j.; Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh $4,000, In
dlanapolis and Seattle $500.
Washington Chicago has the high
est priced mayor In the country. He
gets $4,000 year and serves four
years New York comes next, with
"A $1,000 mayor. whose term also lasts
four years. Philadelphia. third In the
list. gives its mayor $4,000 year for
four years Boston. St Louis New
ark. y. J.; Cincinnati Cleveland and
Pittsburgh pay their mayors $4,000
annually. the term being four years
In Boston. Pittsburgh and St Louis.
and two years in Cincinnati. Cleveland
and Newark
indianapolis and Seattle pay their
mayors $500 year; San Francisco.
Baltimore and Minneapolis $1,000 each;
East st. Louis, Louisville. New Bed
ford. Detroit Kansas City. Buffalo,
Mount Vernon. Rochester, Columbus.
Scranton, Providence, San Antonio.
Tex. and Richmond pay 5000 each.
The aldermen, who share with the
mayor and certain other officials the
responsibility of government in Ameri-
can cities, cost the taxpayers varying
sums. Chicago has seventy aldermen,
at $4,000 each: Boston, nine. at $500
each: ST. Louis. twenty-nine at $500
each, Newark. thirty-two, at $500 each,
New York. seventy-three, at $1,000
each: Cincinnati, thirty-two, at 81. l50
apiece: Cleveland. twenty six. at ST, ,200
each: Philadelphia, forty eight select
councilmen and eighty-th common
councilmen. all serving without salary
Pittsburgh. nine aldermen, at $1,000
each; Indianapolis. nine, at 5000 apiece
and Seattle. nine. at $1,000 apiece
The only cities that have an upper
and lower house OF aldermen or
councilmen are Hartford. Conn; New
Britain Conn; Atlanta, Louisville
Portland. Me: Baltimore (thirty three
I'm all at 81 600 EACH; Brockton. Mass.
Cambridge Mass: Everett, Mass; Nal
den. Mass. Fitchburg. Mass: New Bed
ford. Mass: Pittsfield Mass; Spring
q field. Mass; Worcester, Mass; Kansas
City. Mo. Manchester. y H; Buffalo
+ thirty six In all. at 81 900 each; Ian
caster. Pa. Philadelphia Pawtucket
n. l.: Providence. r. l.; Woonsocket
r. l.. Lynchburg. Va: Norfolk. Va
Portsmouth. Va; Richmond, Va. and
Roanoke. Va.
The commission form OF government
which takes the place OF mayors and
aldermen. involves a smaller salary
outlay. In Washington. u. c, the
three commissioners get "A total ot
$1,000: I'm Denver. $4,000: In Sar
Diego $1,000: I'm Topeka. $4,000; In
New Orleans. $4,000: In Salem. Mass.
$4,000: I'm ST. Paul. $3l.50o: In Lin
coin, Neb.. $4,000: I'm Atlantic City
$1,000: I'm Bayonne. n. j.. $4,000: III
Hoboken. $4,000: I'm Jersey City. SO.
600: IN Trenton. $4,000. and In Har
risburg. $4,000.
In some of the commission governed
CitiFS u may VI u tAeCled as SUM- " hii'
I'm others he is chosen by the commits
sion. Sometimes he gets an extra al
lowance as chairman OF the commits
sion. but this rarely exceeds $500. ant
Is included in most OF the above totals
While most cities employ assessor
TO fix the valuation of property 70
the purposes OF taxation. those o
some states have no assessors, but re
port to the county the amount require'
10 be raised for city purposes.