The City for the People: Or, The Municipalization of the City Government and of Local FranchisesC.F. Taylor, 1901 - 704 pages |
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... profit of a few indi- viduals ? Shall other cities and towns all over the State , or their Representatives in the Legislature , have more to say about the Shall the people own the city and its government or shall they be owned by the ...
... profit of a few indi- viduals ? Shall other cities and towns all over the State , or their Representatives in the Legislature , have more to say about the Shall the people own the city and its government or shall they be owned by the ...
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... profit ; the public desires service at low cost . Competition generally tends to low rates , but monopoly in private hands tends to extortionate charges and unjust profits . To secure and protect such profits , monopolists corrupt ...
... profit ; the public desires service at low cost . Competition generally tends to low rates , but monopoly in private hands tends to extortionate charges and unjust profits . To secure and protect such profits , monopolists corrupt ...
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... , is the highest authority in the country on the subject of water works . The first general indication of operating cost I got by tabulating data have a profit of $ 156,000 for the capital involved 20 THE CITY FOR THE PEOPLE .
... , is the highest authority in the country on the subject of water works . The first general indication of operating cost I got by tabulating data have a profit of $ 156,000 for the capital involved 20 THE CITY FOR THE PEOPLE .
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... profit of $ 156,000 for the capital involved . Taking out the $ 55,000 interest on the debt we find $ 101,000 clear profit for the mo- nopolists who hold the $ 500,000 stock , a profit of 20 per cent . a year . The San Francisco company ...
... profit of $ 156,000 for the capital involved . Taking out the $ 55,000 interest on the debt we find $ 101,000 clear profit for the mo- nopolists who hold the $ 500,000 stock , a profit of 20 per cent . a year . The San Francisco company ...
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... profit . Everybody is delighted with the experiment . " The price of gas does not appear to have any definite rela ... profits , together with valuable Information on the cost of gas , and contains so many things that the companies do ...
... profit . Everybody is delighted with the experiment . " The price of gas does not appear to have any definite rela ... profits , together with valuable Information on the cost of gas , and contains so many things that the companies do ...
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Page 506 - ... petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.
Page 510 - In submitting any such charter, or amendment thereto, any alternate article or proposition may be presented for the choice of the voters, and may be voted on separately without prejudice to others.
Page 433 - In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no local or special law shall be enacted ; and whether a general law could have been made applicable in any case is hereby declared a judicial question, and as such shall be judicially determined without regard to any legislative assertion on that subject...
Page 506 - Referendum petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not more than ninety days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislative assembly which passed the bill on which the referendum is demanded. The veto power of the governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people.
Page 282 - ... such laws as may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, support of the state government and its existing public institutions...
Page 506 - ... but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly...
Page 422 - Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, the General Assembly shall have the same power over the city and county of St. Louis that it has over other cities and counties of this State.
Page 176 - The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property...
Page 510 - One of said certificates shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, and the other, after being recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which such city or village lies, shall be deposited among the archives of such city or village, and all courts shall take judicial notice thereof. Such charter...
Page 506 - The legislative authority of the State shall be vested in a Legislative Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls...