The Finance Commission Of The City Of Boston Vol 13 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Finance Commission of the City of Boston, Vol. 1: Appointments, Organization and Communication Such Finance Commission shall examine into all matters pertaining to the finances Of the City, including debt, tax ation and expenditures, shall give public hearings, and shall in particular inquire: Whether under the present practice Of the City its objects Of expenditure are rightly divided between those which may properly be provided for by loan and those which should be met by taxation, and whether its loans are now issued for proper periods. Whether the present distinctions between loans inside and outside the debt limit are based upon sound financial principles. Whether any change should be made in the present system Of accumulating sinking-funds and issuing new loans annually. Whether debt, taxation or assessments upon prop arty are now excessive, and, if so, in what manner the same can be reduced. Whether present systems of bookkeeping, auditing and adminis'tration afford sufficient protection to the City treasury. Whether the cost of any municipal works or ser vices now paid for from the City treasury should be raised by special assessment, or whether any changes should be made in existing provisions for the laying and collecting of special assessments. Whether the financial burden imposed upon the City in connection with the expenditures for the construction and maintenance Of metropolitan works are excessive or unfair, and, if so, how the same can he reduced or made equitable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.