State Administrative Supervision Over Cities in the United StatesAn in-depth look at the relationship between states and the cities for which they are responsible. Includes an evaluation of the role states play in issues such as finances, health and education. |
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Page 215 - That the Commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted...
Page 91 - ... which shall be uniform for every public office and every public account of the same class, and which shall exhibit true accounts and detailed statements of funds collected, received and expended for or on account of the public for any and every purpose whatever...
Page 236 - Whenever any of said officers shall find any building or other structure, which for want of proper repair or by reason of age and dilapidated condition or for any cause is especially liable to fire, and which is so situated as to endanger other buildings or property or so occupied that fire would endanger persons or property therein...
Page 220 - Whenever the Commission, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, shall find that any rate, charge, or classification, demanded, observed, charged, or collected by any public utility...
Page 242 - The said bureau shall gather, classify, index, make available, and disseminate data, statistical information, and advice that may be helpful in improving the methods of administration and municipal development in the several municipalities of the commonwealth; and shall maintain, for the benefit of the municipalities, a publicity service to install or assist in the installation and establishment of modern systems of accounting in the various municipalities of the state, and in order to promote a...
Page 91 - The auditor of state through said bureau shall formulate, prescribe and install a system of accounting and reporting, in conformity with the provisions of this act, that shall be uniform for every public office and every public account of the same class, and which shall exhibit true accounts and detailed statements of funds collected, received and expended for account of the public for any purpose whatever...
Page 84 - ... Union, because of the meager pay and small importance attached to it by people generally, is seldom sought after and rarely filled by capable men. More often than not men competent to make a good assessment, if tendered the position, refuse to accept. Not infrequently the place is given to some one simply because he needs...
Page 242 - British protected person and his connection therewith. (2) Every such application shall contain sufficient information to satisfy the Secretary of State or the Governor, as the case may be, that the applicant possesses the requisite qualifications for naturalisation in respect of residence or Crown service, good character, knowledge of the English or other appropriate language and intention with respect to his residence or occupation in the event of a certificate being granted to him...
Page 63 - To carefully examine into all cases where evasion or violation of the laws for assessment and taxation of property is alleged, complained of or discovered, and to ascertain wherein existing laws are defective or are improperly or negligently administered.
Page 59 - John Dickinson, Administrative Justice and the Supremacy of Law in the United States (Cambridge, USA, 1927), ch.