Albion, Mich. C.-Cities under 25,000, Thirty-seven in Number. Montrose, Colo. Morganton, N. C. Alhambra, Cal. Alpena, Mich. Amarillo, Texas. Ashtabula, Ohio. Bakersfield, Cal. East Cleveland, Ohio. La Grande, Ore. Lakeland, Fla. Manistee, Mich. Morris, Minn. Taylor, Texas. Thomasville, N. C. Tyler, Texas. Webster City, Iowa. Westerville, Ohio. Yoakum, Texas. Total number of cities with complete city-manager plan, 49. II. CITIES WITH MODIFIED CITY-MANAGER PLAN. OLD FORM OF GovERNMENT RETAINED. CITY MANAGER USUALLY PROVIDED FOR BY ORDINANCE OF CITY COUNCIL OR BY AMENDMENT OF EXISTING CHARTER. Abilene, Kan. Beaufort, S. C. Benton Harbor, Mich. Charlottesville, Va. Clark, S. D. Cynthiana, Ky. Fredericksburg, Va. Glencoe, Ill. Glendale, Cal. Grand Haven, Mich. 1 Grove City, Pa. Horicon, Wis. San Diego, Cal. 2 Staunton, Va. Titusville, Pa. Tuscon, Ariz. Winnetka, Ill. Number of cities with modified city-manager plan, 25. 1 Commission form of government retained; mayor appoints city manager. 2 Commission form of government retained; manager of operations appointed to administer engineering work of city, public works, etc. III. CITIES REPORTED AS HAVING CITY MANAGERS. INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE AS TO WHETHER THE PLAN IS OF THE COMPLETE OR MODIFIED TYPE. BIBLIOGRAPHY. GENERAL REFERENCES. American Academy of Political and Social Science. "Commission Government and the City Manager Plan." Annals. Philadelphia,1914. "The City Manager Plan in Forty-five Cities." The American City, XII, 499-507 (June, 1915). Ashtabula, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce. The Ashtabula Plan of Municipal Government. The commission-manager form with proportional representation. Ashtabula, n.d. Dayton, Ohio, Bureau of Municipal Research. A Charter Primer. By L. D. Upson. Dayton, 1914. Hatton, A. R. "The Ashtabula Plan- the Latest Step in Municipal Organization." National Municipal Review, V, 56-65 (January, 1916). National Municipal League. Committee on Municipal Program. A Model City Charter and Municipal Home Rule, as prepared by the Committee on Municipal Program of the National Municipal League. Philadelphia, 1916. Quire, Joseph H. City Manager Plan. Bulletin, University Extension Division, University of California, I, No. 18 (June, 1916). Short Ballot Organization. The City Manager Plan of Municipal Government. New York, 1913. (Reprinted from A Loose Leaf Digest of Short Ballot Charters, edited by C. A. Beard. New York, 1911.) Toulmin, H. A., Jr. The City Manager. New York, 1915. 310 pp. (National Municipal League Series.) Walpole, Mass. Report of the Town Planning Committee on Town Government with Charter for the Town of Walpole. Walpole, Mass., 1917. PRACTICAL OPERATION OF THE CITY-MANAGER PLAN. Brooks, Robert C. Commission Manager Government in San José, Cal. Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, Novem- Dayton, Ohio. The City Commission. Annual Report of the City of Dayton for the year 1915. Dayton, 1916. (Complete account of actual workings in Dayton.) -Bureau of Municipal Research. One Year of City Management in Dayton, Ohio. By L. D. Upson. Dayton, 1915. Short Ballot Organization. Tangible Results at Dayton under the Commission-Manager Plan. Pamphlet, New York, n.d. Waite, H. M. The City Manager Form of Municipal Government. Engineering News, LXXI, 101–102 (Jan. 8, 1914). --The Commission Manager Plan. National Municipal Review, IV, 40-49 (January, 1915). CHARTERS OF SOME REPRESENTATIVE CITY-MANAGER CITIES. Beard, C. A., ed. A Loose Leaf Digest of Short Ballot Charters. The Short Ballot Organization, 383 Fourth Avenue, New York. New York, 1911-15. (Contains summary of city-manager charters.) Ashtabula, Ohio. Charter for the City of Ashtabula, Ohio. Prepared and submitted by the Charter Commission. Adopted Nov. 3, 1914. Ashtabula, 1914. Amended August, 1915, so as to provide for proportional representation. Dayton, Ohio. Charter for the City of Dayton. Prepared and proposed by the Charter Commission. Reprinted for the Bureau of Municipal Research, Dayton. Dayton, 1913. Norwood, Mass. An Act to change the time of holding the annual meeting of the town of Norwood, to enlarge the powers and duties of the selectmen, to abolish certain offices, and to provide for the administration of town affairs. (Reprint of special act providing for townmanager plan.) CHARTER LAWS PROVIDING FOR CITY-MANAGER PLAN. A. Optional Charter Laws. Massachusetts. General Acts of Massachusetts, 1915, Chap. 267, Part V, Plan D, pp. 312-315. New York. Laws of New York, 1914, Vol. III, Chap. 444, Art. V, pp. 1900-1901. North Carolina. An Act to provide for the organization and government of cities, towns, and incorporated villages. Approved March 5, 1917, Part V, Plan D. Ohio. Laws of Ohio, 1913, 771-773. Virginia. Acts of Assembly, 1914, Chap. 94, pp. 170-171. B. General City-Manager Laws. Iowa. Supplemental Supplement to the Code of Iowa, 1915, Chap. 14-D, pp. 86-95. (Compiled by W. G. Whitney, Des Moines, 1915.) Montana. House Bill No. 135, enacted by Montana Legislature, session of 1917. The State Legislatures of Idaho and Kansas have also enacted general city-manager laws during the present session (1917). For brief summary of provisions see National Municipal Review, VI, 416–417 (May, 1917). All the books named in the bibliographies printed with these Bulletins may be found in the room set apart for the Delegates to the Convention in the State Library. PUBLICATION OF THIS DOCUMENT APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISOR OF ADMINISTRATION. |