City Government in the United States

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City Government in the United States
Frank Johnson Goodnow
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By this power is meant the power to establish and carry on services for the benefit of the municipal in- habitants. The continental cities have this power ex- cept so far as the ground has been occupied by the state or some other governmental authority with the permission of the state. They have this power as a result of the grant to them of general powers of local government. As the result of the possession of such a power the continental city may, if its financial re- sources permit, provide
...for supplying its citizens with water, gas, light, and electricity, and for intra-urban transportation. It may do this by entering into such contract, as it deems proper, with some private corpo- ration, which is the actual practice throughout France, »I&*d., p. 262.
167 Digitized by Google CITY GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES or it may establish and operate the necessary plant itself, as is frequently the case in Germany. It may provide insurance against fire for its citizens, which is quite common in Germany, and may establish insti- tutions for loaning money to those in need of tempo- rary pecuniary help, as is done in France by means of the monts de piete.


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