Review of reviews and world's work . d from that first written consti-tution have come some of the central ideas ofAmerican charters and laws from that day tothis. The President of the United States, the(iovernor of Massachusetts, and the seniorSenator from that Commonwealth took partin the ceremonies of the dedication, and theoccasion was made a memorable one in thehistory of New England. Kmmmt American cities are at last learn- Keepma , . the mg how to keep their accounts. Our municipal bookkeeping meth-ods have always been sadly lacking in uni-formity; in some cases faults have developedtha
Review of reviews and world's work . d from that first written consti-tution have come some of the central ideas ofAmerican charters and laws from that day tothis. The President of the United States, the(iovernor of Massachusetts, and the seniorSenator from that Commonwealth took partin the ceremonies of the dedication, and theoccasion was made a memorable one in thehistory of New England. Kmmmt American cities are at last learn- Keepma , . the mg how to keep their accounts. Our municipal bookkeeping meth-ods have always been sadly lacking in uni-formity; in some cases faults have developedthat have made peculation easy and havefostered inefficient and slothful, if not posi-tively vicious, government. A few \<a serious effort was begun to reform these de-fective accounting systems in several ^i ourlarge cities. The vigorous and well-directedcampaign of the New York Bureau f Muni-cipal Research and allied organizations is nowproducing results that are significant. \striking instance of private initiative in the. lill Ill (.Kivis mum \li \ I \i PROVINCETOWN DEDICATED ON AU< THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 263 improvement of municipal business methodsis afforded by the gift last month of $30,000 byex-Comptroller Herman A. Metz, of NewYork City, for the purpose of an inquiry thatshall make available to American cities thebest principles and practice worked out inmunicipal accounting and reporting. Thegift is to take the form of an annual contribu-tion of ?io,ooo for three years, and the moneyis to be expended under the direction of theBureau of Municipal Research. With thework and methods of this organization became familiar during his service asComptroller. He now believes that it is theagency best fitted to earn- out his plans for aninvestigation and to administer the fundsthat he so generously devoted to that city in the country will be helped bysuch an investigation. The fund seems ampleas Mr. Metz states, to make available to allcities the results
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