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8. Describe the organization of the city council.
9. What are the chief powers of the city council?
10. Outline the making of an ordinance.
11. Discuss the term and salary of the mayor.
12. What is the relation of the mayor to the council?
13. What are the chief administrative duties of the mayor?
14. Name some other administrative officers.
REQUIRED READINGS
1. Beard, _American Government and Politics_, chapter xxvii.
2. Guitteau, _Government and Politics in the United Stairs_, chapter iv.
3. Munro, _The Government of the United States_, chapter xlii.
4. Reed, _Form and Functions of American Government_, chapter xvi
QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS
1. Define a city. (Guitteau, page 38.)
2. What is the English prototype of the American city? (Guitteau, page 39.)
3. Under what three heads may the powers of the mayor be grouped?
(Beard, page 591.)
4. To what extent has the city council been shorn of its power?
(Beard, pages 588-590.)
5. What is the meaning of the phrase "munic.i.p.al home rule"?
(Guitteau, page 45.)
6. What is meant by munic.i.p.al democracy? (Beard, pages 597-598.)
7. What is the Des Moines plan of city government? (Guitteau, page 46.)
8. Describe briefly the organization of the government of New York.
(Reed, pages 197-198.)
9. Summarize the functions of the American munic.i.p.ality. (Munro, pages 602-615.)
10. What is the extent of munic.i.p.al owners.h.i.+p in the United States?
(Munro, page 616.)
TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT
I
1. History of your munic.i.p.ality.
2. Present organization of your munic.i.p.al government
3. The chief functions of your munic.i.p.ality.
4. Relation of your munic.i.p.ality to the state legislature.
5. Legislative power in your munic.i.p.ality.
6. The franchise-granting power in your munic.i.p.ality.
II
7. The English borough. (Fairlie, _Munic.i.p.al Administration_, chapter iv.)
8. Historical development of the American city. (Munro, _The Government of the United States_, chapter xl; Kimball, _State and Munic.i.p.al Government in the United States_, chapter xx.)
9. Political consequences of city growth. (Gettell, _Readings in Political Science_, page 433.)
10. Relation of city life to democracy. (Gettell, _Readings in Political Science_, page 436.)
11. Evolution of munic.i.p.al organization. (Munro, _The Government of American Cities_, chapter i.)
12. Relation of the munic.i.p.ality to the state. (Munro, _The Government of American Cities_, chapter ii.)
13. The voters of the city. (Munro, _The Government of American Cities_, chapter iii.)
14. The mayor. (Munro, _The Government of American Cities_, chapter ix; Fairlie, _Munic.i.p.al Administration_, chapter xix.)
15. The city council. (Munro, _The Government of American Cities_, chapter viii; Fairlie, _Munic.i.p.al Administration_, chapter xvii.)
16. Munic.i.p.al administrative offices. (Munro, _The Government of American Cities_, chapter x; Fairlie, _Munic.i.p.al Administration_, chapter xviii.)
17. The needs of city government. (Gettell, _Readings in Political Science_, pages 441-442.)
18. The munic.i.p.al government in action. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. i, chapter li.)
19. Munic.i.p.al functions. (Munro, _The Government of the United States_, chapter xlii; James, _Local Government in the United States_, chapter vii.)
20. Munic.i.p.al finances. (Beard, _American City Government_, chapter v.)
