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Title

Public budgets / editor in charge of this volume, A.R. Hatton.

Publication

Philadelphia : American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1915.

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Additional Authors

• American Academy of Political and Social Science
• Hatton, A. R. (Augustus Raymond), 1873-1946

Description

viii, 324 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 62, whole no. 151

Uniform Title

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 62, no. 151

Subject

• Budget > United States > States
• Municipal finance > United States

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword by the editor. -- pt. I. The budget idea and the national budget: Budget making and the work of government by H.J. Ford. Evolution of the budget idea in the United States by F.A. Cleveland. The budget and the legislature by R.E. Miles. -- pt. II. State budgets: The proper function of the state budget by S.G. Lowrie. The budgetary provisions of the New York constitution by C.A. Beard. California's state budget by J.F. Neylan. The Illinois budget by F.F. Bell. Budget methods in Illinois by J.A. Fairlie. State budget making in Ohio by W.O. Hefferman. Financial administration of the commonwealth of Massachusetts by E.T. Maling. -- pt. III. Public budgets and efficiency in the public budgets: Taxation and the municipal budget by M.E. Loomis. Sources of revenue by H.S. Swan. Accounting basis of bugetary procedure by W.B. Hadley. Unit costs in recreational facilities by P.H. Belsser. Some suggestions for preparing a budget exhibit by J.H. Braddock. Budgetary procedure under the manager form of city government by A.M. Mandel. The budget as an administrative program by H. Bruere. -- pt. IV, Development of budgets and budgetary procedure in typical cities; the German municipal budget and its relation to the general government by K.F. Geiser. The budget procedure of English and French cities by D.C. Baldwin. The movement for improved financing and accounting practice in Toronto by H.L. Brittain. County budgets and their construction by O.G. Cartwright. Budget making in Cleveland by M. Fesler. Budget making in Chicago by C.E. Merriam. -- Bibliography: selected list of references in national, state, county, and municipal budgets in the United States by H.A. Rider. -- Book department. -- Index. -- Cumulatic index.

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^^^15026964^

OCLC

169607

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