Report of the Charter Revision Commission to the Governor of the State of New York: With Proposed Amendments to the Great New York Charter1900 - 814 pages |
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... action of the various municipal bodies are so numerous , and the powers of legislation are so minutely subdivided and so widely distributed , that it has proved 6 . extremely difficult and often impossible , to secure prompt results 5.
... action of the various municipal bodies are so numerous , and the powers of legislation are so minutely subdivided and so widely distributed , that it has proved 6 . extremely difficult and often impossible , to secure prompt results 5.
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... action . An illustration of the course we have pursued in this regard will be found in considering the provisions of section 47 of the present Charter , which we have renumbered as section 43 . Under that section the local legislature ...
... action . An illustration of the course we have pursued in this regard will be found in considering the provisions of section 47 of the present Charter , which we have renumbered as section 43 . Under that section the local legislature ...
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... action on the part of particular Local Improvement Boards . The power of approval given to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment has been thought necessary in order to protect the interest of the City as a whole . As the contracting ...
... action on the part of particular Local Improvement Boards . The power of approval given to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment has been thought necessary in order to protect the interest of the City as a whole . As the contracting ...
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... action of the Municipal Assembly in respect to bond issues has been justly subjected to much criticism . No matter for what purpose the City is compelled to borrow money , the issue of bonds must at present be approved by a vote of ...
... action of the Municipal Assembly in respect to bond issues has been justly subjected to much criticism . No matter for what purpose the City is compelled to borrow money , the issue of bonds must at present be approved by a vote of ...
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... action in this regard must be taken by the Board of Aldermen within six weeks after the receipt of a copy of the resolution of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the proposed bond issue . The reason for authorizing the ...
... action in this regard must be taken by the Board of Aldermen within six weeks after the receipt of a copy of the resolution of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment authorizing the proposed bond issue . The reason for authorizing the ...
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Page 275 - ... the repeal of a law, or any part of it, specified in such schedule, shall not affect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time...
Page 690 - A tenement-house within the meaning of this title shall be taken to mean and include any house or building, or portion thereof, which is rented, leased, let or hired out, to be occupied, or is occupied as the home or residence of three families or more living independently of each other, and doing their cooking upon the premises, or by more than two families upon any floor, so living and cooking, but having a common right in the halls, stairways, yards, water-closets or privies, or some of them.
Page 814 - Whenever the boundaries of any city are the same as those of a county, or when any city shall include within its boundaries more than one county, the power of any county wholly included within such city to become indebted shall cease...
Page 113 - ... that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late Civil War, who are citizens and residents of this State, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion, without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 39 - Boards should be given complete independence and autonomy — subject to no central control except that of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment and the Board of Aldermen in the matter of the apportionment of funds.
Page 66 - Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications of its own members...
Page 74 - ... for the good government, order and protection of persons and property, and for the preservation of the public health, peace and prosperity of said city, and its inhabitants...
Page 496 - The state shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one Circuit Judge, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Page 128 - Said board shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties...
Page 64 - ... each of which shall be wholly within a senate district formed under the same apportionment, equal to the number of members of assembly to which such county shall be entitled, and shall cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and of the clerk of such county, a description of such districts, specifying the number of each district and...