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Excerpt from City Government by Commission
What is City Government by Commission? It is govern ment by a small council of from three to five members, ii1 cluding the Mayor, usually elected for from two to four years. The Mayor has no special veto powers. Each councillor acts also as administrator and has charge of a special depart. Ment of work, for which he is directly responsible, is paid a salary and usually devotes his whole time to the work. Wards are abolished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
