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The Proposed National Municipal Code of Germany4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Bertram W. Maxwell
Bertram W. Maxwell
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Washburn College.
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Although in 1808 the Stein reforms granted Prussian cities a certain measure of self-government, and although the Prussian municipal code of 1853 brought about some degree of uniformity so far as the urban communities of the several provinces of Prussia were concerned (the rest of the German states following the example of Prussia by adopting codes no two of which were alike in their provisions), yet even in Prussia there was, and is, no uniform municipal code. There are indeed no fewer than nine systems of municipal government in that state. In 1923, however, a new municipal code was drafted which, if passed by the Landtag, will give the country a more balanced system of municipal government. In other German states, e.g., Bavaria, Württenberg, Baden, and Saxony, new municipal codes have been adopted since the revolution of 1918.

Type
Notes on Municipal Affairs
Information
American Political Science Review , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , May 1927 , pp. 369 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1927

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References

5 Munro, William B., The Governments of Europe (New York, 1925), 618.Google Scholar

6 Erzberger's tax reform.

7 The writer is indebted to Herr Weiss, Oberbürgermeister of Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, for a copy of the proposed national municipal code, as well as for information concerning the progress of the movement. Herr Weiss has taken a great interest and active part in the movement for the reorganization of German municipal government.

8 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. VIII, Par. xxxiii.

9 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. VIII, Par. xxxiv.

10 Art. XVII.

11 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung. Introduction, Par. iii, p. 12.

12 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. III, Par. viii.

13 For an account of the debate in the congresses, see Zentralblatt für Gemeindeverwaltungen, No. 15, p. 450 ff (Aug. 15, 1925).

14 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Section B, Art. IV, Par. xviii.

15 This includes, at present, all cities except Berlin.

16 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung. Introduction, Part III, pp. 12–13.

17 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. IV, Sect. 3, Par. xii.

18 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. IV, Sect. С, Par. xxi. Bavaria in 1919 introduced popular election of the mayor, but abolished it in 1924. For a discussion of this matter see Zentralblatt für Gemeindeverwaltungen, No. 15, p. 466 (August 15, 1925).

19 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Sect. C, Pars, xxv–xxvi.

20 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. IV, Sect. B, Par. xiii.

21 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. IV, Sect. B, Par. xx.

22 Sect. C, Par. xxiii. For a dissenting view see Bürgermeister, Dr.Scheuermann, in Zentralblatt für Gemeindeverwaltungen, No. 18 (Sept. 30, 1925).Google Scholar

23 For a discussion of the state of municipal finances in recent years see Dr.Karding, Stadtkämmerer, in the Zeitschrift für Kommunalwirtschaft, Vol. XVI, No. 20 (Oct. 25, 1925)Google Scholar; also pamphlet on “German Cities since the Revolution of 1918,” by Dr.Mitzlaff, , published as a supplement to the National Municipal Review, Vol. XV, No. 11 (Nov., 1926).Google Scholar

24 Entwurf einer Reichsstädteordnung, Art. VII, Pars, xxx, xxxiii.

25 For a summary of the attitude of municipal authorities toward the code, see Zentralblatt für Gemeindeverwaltungen, No. 16, p. 498 (Aug. 31, 1925).

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