Author: William Read Staples
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Category : Providence (R.I.)
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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General and Concise History and Description of the Town and Port of Kingston-upon-Hull
Author: James Joseph Sheahan
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Category : Hull (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Category : Hull (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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History of the Town of Gloucester
Author: John James Babson
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Franklin's Youngest Detective and The Search for the Town's Mayor
Author: Michael Gilbert
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1634179927
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Lucy is Franklin's youngest detective and like all good detectives she is always ready for any big mystery to come her way. Including the town's missing mayor. Whereas some towns people say he just packed up and left others speak of only his ghost but for our young detective Lucy no search is too big and no adventure too small. Now hold on for the ride as America's new favorite girl detective brings her daring discoveries straight to your own home.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1634179927
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Lucy is Franklin's youngest detective and like all good detectives she is always ready for any big mystery to come her way. Including the town's missing mayor. Whereas some towns people say he just packed up and left others speak of only his ghost but for our young detective Lucy no search is too big and no adventure too small. Now hold on for the ride as America's new favorite girl detective brings her daring discoveries straight to your own home.
The New England Town Meeting
Author: Joseph F. Zimmerman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003637
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this groundbreaking study, Zimmerman explores the town meeting form of government in all New England states. This comprehensive work relies heavily upon surveys of town officers and citizens, interviews, and mastery of the scattered writing on the subject. Zimmerman finds that the stereotypes of the New England open town meeting advanced by its critics are a serious distortion of reality. He shows that voter superintendence of town affairs has proven to be effective, and there is no empirical evidence that thousands of small towns and cities with elected councils are governed better. Whereas the relatively small voter attendance suggests that interest groups can control town meetings, their influence has been offset effectively by the development of town advisory committees, particularly the finance committee and the planning board, which are effective counterbalances to pressure groups. Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy, positing that the meeting is a de facto representative legislative body with two safety valves—open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant, and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding town meeting. And, as Zimmerman points out, a third safety valve—the protest referendum—can be adopted by a town meeting.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313003637
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
In this groundbreaking study, Zimmerman explores the town meeting form of government in all New England states. This comprehensive work relies heavily upon surveys of town officers and citizens, interviews, and mastery of the scattered writing on the subject. Zimmerman finds that the stereotypes of the New England open town meeting advanced by its critics are a serious distortion of reality. He shows that voter superintendence of town affairs has proven to be effective, and there is no empirical evidence that thousands of small towns and cities with elected councils are governed better. Whereas the relatively small voter attendance suggests that interest groups can control town meetings, their influence has been offset effectively by the development of town advisory committees, particularly the finance committee and the planning board, which are effective counterbalances to pressure groups. Zimmerman provides a new conception of town meeting democracy, positing that the meeting is a de facto representative legislative body with two safety valves—open access to all voters and the initiative to add articles to the warrant, and the calling of special meetings to reconsider decisions made at the preceding town meeting. And, as Zimmerman points out, a third safety valve—the protest referendum—can be adopted by a town meeting.
The Antiquities of the Town
Author: James Butterworth
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Category : Cotton trade
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : Cotton trade
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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A History of the Towns of Haddam and East-Haddam
Author: David Dudley Field
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Category : East Haddam (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Haddam (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Laws of the State of New York
Author: New York (State)
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2316
Book Description
Includes private and local laws.
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2316
Book Description
Includes private and local laws.
1847. The poll for the knights of the shire, to represent the western division of the county of Kent
Author: Kent
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Ordinances for the Internal Government of the Town of Macon
Author: Macon (Ga.).
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The History and Antiquities of the Town and Port of Hastings
Author: William George Moss
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Category : Hastings (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hastings (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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