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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.)