CHAPTER VI. New Haven a Connecticut Town, 1664-1700. — Changes in Constitution. — Hopkins Grammar School. — Minister's Tax. — Tithingmen. — Justice of the Peace. — Divisions of Land. — Indian Reservations. — The Village Controversy. — Public Benevolence. — Indian Wars. — Villages again. — Tyranny of Andros. — Local Enactments. — Intemperance. — Funeral Customs.
CHAPTER VII. New Haven a Connecticut Town, 1700-1784. — The Quarrel with East Haven. — Yale College. — The Walpolean Lethargy. — Sale of the Town's Poor. — First Post-Office. — First Oyster Laws. — Sketch of the Town's Commerce. — The Approach of the Revolution. — New Haven during the War. — Committees. — Articles of Confederation. — Treatment of Tories. — Final Division of the Township. — The Church the Germ of the Town.
CHAPTER VIII. The Dual Government. Town and City. 1784-1886. — Town-Born vs. Interloper. — First Phases of City Politics. — First Charter. — Description of the City. — Municipal Improvements. — Fire Department. — Adornment of the Green. — Public Letters to the Presidents and Others. — Downfall of Federalism. — Slavery and Abolition. — Municipal Growth. — Sects. — Administrative Changes. — Windfall from Washington. — Liquor Traffic. — Light in the Streets. — High School. — Era of Railways. — Needs of the Poor. — The City Meeting. — Charter of 1857. — Town Officers. — City Improvement. — Police and Fire Departments. — In the Civil War. — Recent Charters. — Conservative Influences in the Community.
CHAPTER IX. The Present Municipal Administration. — School District. — Town Government. — Town-Meeting. — Consolidation. — City Government. — City Judiciary. — City Executive. — City Legislature. — Legislative Control over the Commissions. — Conduct of Commissions. — Executive Organization. — Administrative Courts. — Frequent Elections. — Board of Councilmen. — Choice of Aldermen.
| Appendix | A.—Mr. Pierson's Elegy. |
| " | B.—The Town of Naugatuck. |
| " | C.—Dr. Manasseh Cutler's Diary. |
| " | D.—A Town Court of Elections. New Haven, A. D. 1656. |
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PHILADELPHIA
1681-1887:
A History of Municipal Development.
BY
EDWARD P. ALLINSON, A. M., AND BOIES PENROSE, A. B., OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.
While several general histories of Philadelphia have been written, there is no history of that city as a municipal corporation. Such a work is now offered, based upon the Acts of Assembly, the City Ordinances, the State Reports, and many other authorities. Numerous manuscripts in the Pennsylvania Historical Society, in Public Libraries, and in the Departments at Philadelphia and Harrisburg have also been consulted, and important facts found therein are now for the first time published.
The development of the government of Philadelphia affords a peculiarly interesting study, and is full of instruction to the student of municipal questions. The first charter granted by the original proprietor, William Penn, created a close, self-elected corporation, consisting of the "Mayor, Recorder and Common Council," holding office for life. Such corporations survived in England from medieval times to the passage of the Reform Act of 1835. The corporation of Philadelphia possessed practically no power of taxation, and few and extremely limited powers of any kind. As a rapidly growing city required greater municipal powers, the legislature instead of increasing the powers of the corporation which, being self-elected, was held in distrust by the citizens, established from time to time various independent boards, commissions, and trusts for the control of taxation, streets, poor, etc. These boards were subsequently transformed into the city departments as they exist to-day. The State and municipal legislation, extending over two centuries, is extremely varied and frequently experimental. It affords instruction illustrative of almost every form of municipal expedient and constitution.