THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE UNITED STATES

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE GOVERNMENT OF

AMERICAN CITIES

THE GOVERNMENT OF

EUROPEAN CITIES

PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF

MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION

OF

THE UNITED STATES

NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL

BY

WILLIAM BENNETT MUNRO, PH.D., LL.B.

PROFESSOR OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1919

All rights reserved

To

Samuel Walker McCall

in token of my

bomage and gratitude

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