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Title: Actual government of New York..
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Boynton, Frank D. (from old catalog)
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498 in 1915 .We are now to observe that it is also divided into smallunits considerably larger than the school district, and forquite a different purpose. These units are called towns andnumber 947. The territory embraced by the boundariesof a town constitutes a little republic by itself, withspecific duties to perform with reference to town affairs.These duties are defined by laws passed by the state legisla-ture, which body also determines the number and sizeof towns. The reason for town government is that, as inthe school district, there are many local matters, such ascaring for the poor, prevention and punishment of crime,the building and care of roads and bridges, all of whichpertain to the town, that can better be attended to bythose immediately interested than by those larger divisionsof the state to which the larger and more general affairs ofgovernment are delegated. Town Government. Like the government of the nation,state, and county, the government of the town is divided 14
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d Line at Midnight receiving Charity (above), A POLICEMAN MAKING THE STREETS SATE (below) I hese men in the bread line n are idle because of vicious habits forwhich they alone are responsible and which make them undesirable asVPOrken in any business 15 16 ACTUAL GOVERNMENT OF NEW YORK into three departments : namely, legislative (the town meet-ing), executive (as represented by the supervisor, clerk,assessors, collector, overseers of the poor, superintendentof highways, constables, and school directors), and judicial(justices of the peace). The Town Meeting. The actual government of the towncenters in one of our oldest institutions, the town meeting.This meeting is a gathering of voters of the town assembledaccording to state law for the sole purpose of consideringthe business of the town, and for the election of officersto carry out the expressed wishes of the voters assembled.Any qualified voter may propose to his assembled townsmenany question which the law permits towns to conside

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