This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...etc., phraseology which recognizes the mayor as a distinct branch of the municipal legislature and which requires the coordinate action of both mayor and council to validate enactments.4 In Seattle the legislative function of the mayor is even more clearly defined in the words, The legislative powers of the City of Seattle shall be vested in a mayor and city council. 5 A similar situation exists s This was especially ticeable in the campaign of 1915 when many voters felt that there was little choice between the candidates for mayor, both being something less than desirable. Those who were concerned for the character of Chicago's government centered their energies on the aldermanic contests. Their foresight has amply justified its exercise in the determined opposition which the council has offered to many of the policies of the mayor, especially those representing a distinctly backward step such as the partisan exploitation of the civil service. The controversy between the mayor and the council led in 1916 to one of the most bitter aldermanic campaigns in municipal history, the mayor throwing the whole force of his administration into the struggle in order to defeat certain rebel councilmen. The result was the vindication of the council. See the charter of the city of Baltimore, Sec. 218. Note also Sees. 1, 6, 220, and 221, the last two especially. To quote, The style of all ordinances shall be: 'Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 'and Every legislative act of the mayor and the City Council of Baltimore shall be by ordinance or resolution. See, however, the discussion of the veto further on in this chapter. -Charter, Art. 4, Sec. 1. This statement is subject, however, to the rese...