. Review of reviews and world's work. ew York City Revision of ^. t-^ • • r^ ? • the New York ChdiXiex Revision Commission, ap-Charter. pointed by Governor Roosevelt in ac-cordance with the law passed by the last Legisla-ture are : George L. Rives, Charles C. Beaman,Franklin Bartlett, Henry W. Taft, John , Frank J. Goodnow, Edgar J. Levey,and Alexander T. Mason, of the Borough of Man-hattan ; Charles A. Schieren, James McKean,Isaac M. Kapper, and William C. De Witt, ofthe Borough of Brooklyn ; James L. Wells, ofthe Borough of tlie Bronx ; George W. Davison,of the Borough of Queens, a
. Review of reviews and world's work. ew York City Revision of ^. t-^ • • r^ ? • the New York ChdiXiex Revision Commission, ap-Charter. pointed by Governor Roosevelt in ac-cordance with the law passed by the last Legisla-ture are : George L. Rives, Charles C. Beaman,Franklin Bartlett, Henry W. Taft, John , Frank J. Goodnow, Edgar J. Levey,and Alexander T. Mason, of the Borough of Man-hattan ; Charles A. Schieren, James McKean,Isaac M. Kapper, and William C. De Witt, ofthe Borough of Brooklyn ; James L. Wells, ofthe Borough of tlie Bronx ; George W. Davison,of the Borough of Queens, and George Cromwell,of the Borougli of Richmond. The task of thecommission will be, not to make a new charter,but to revise the existing charter in the light of THE PROGRESS OF THE [VORLD. 651 experience, as Governor Roosevelt has governor has especially directed the commis-sioners attention to the question of tlie New YorkCity water-supply and the desirability of suchamendments to the charter as will secure munici-. Photo by HoUinger. MK. GliOUGE I^. KIVKS. (Chairman of the New York Charter Commission.) pal ownership of the water-supply and shut outthe Ramapo and all other schemes in the interestof private corporations. The commission hasannounced its intention to consider this matter,and also the proposed reforms of the citys edu-cational system, the question of the mayors termof office and power of removal, the organizationof the municipal assembly, the borough system,the bureau of elections, and other points in thecharter which seem to require amendment. Thechairman of the commission is Mr. Rives, a mem-ber of the Rapid Transit Commission and a pub-lic-spirited citizen of Manhattan. The member-ship is composed both of practical politicians (inthe best sense of the term) and of men who havemade a theoretical study of city government, butthe purely doctrinaire element is notably was ignored in the make-iip of thecommission, but the political ab
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