Excerpt from Proposed Charter for the City of Dayton To the Voters of Dayton, Ohio: We submit herewith for your consideration a proposed charter, framed under authority and in conformity with the constitution and laws of the State of Ohio. In the preparation of the charter the Commission has sought information and suggestions from many sources. A number of public meetings have been held at which general discussion was had of what provisions the charter should contain. Charters of other cities have been carefully examined and considered. The Commission has incorporated in this charter all of the provisions which it believed would furnish the best charter for our city. We have taken a step in advance of the Commission governed cities and provided a remedy for the generally ackwledged defect of such forms. We have provided a chief administrative officer named The City Manager, whose duty it shall be to supervise and control the conduct and operations of all officers and employes of the city and to manage the affairs of the city in an efficient and ecomical manner. We are convinced that this centralization of administrative authority will produce business-like methods in city government and fix responsibility for official action that will result in great benefit. To enable the voters to obtain a comprehensive view of the prominent provisions of this charter, we submit the following brief outline: The Commission. The legislative functions are delegated to a Commission of five citizens, elected at large by the people and any and all of whom are subject to recall at all times. At the first election three Commissioners will be elected for four years and two for two years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for four years. In this manner we insure a Commission at all times familiar with the operation of the city government. The City Manager. A competent, experienced, trained and capable person selected on account of his peculiar fitness and ability to manage the aft airs of the city. Nominations and Elections. (1) Party politics are eliminated. No party designations will appear on the ballot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.