http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?freeformQuery%3Dgovernment;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DCleveland%20(Ohio).%20Charter%20Commission%20--%20Archives. Results for your query: freeformQuery=government;expand=subject;f1-subject=Cleveland (Ohio). Charter Commission -- Archives. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0885.xml The collection consists of amendments, calendars, proceedings, proposals, questionnaires, recommendations, and correspondence concerning the activities of the members of the first Cleveland Charter Commission, which included Mayor Newton D. Baker, Edward W. Doty, Mayo Fessler, and Earl H. Wells. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS0885.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2658.xml The Cleveland, Ohio Charter Commission was a fifteen-member commission elected to write a new city charter for Cleveland, Ohio following passage of the Home Rule Amendment to the Ohio constitution in 1912. The commission disagreed over the size of city council, with some pressing for a small council elected at large for the purposes of efficiency and to guard against the corruption of political machines, while others advocated a large council elected by ward which would be more democratic and answerable to ward concerns. The home rule charter, approved by voters in July 1913 and effective 1 Jan. 1914, was modeled basically on the federal plan (council-mayor), providing for nonpartisan election of a 26-member council on a ward basis. A preferential voting system was established offering 1st, 2nd and 3rd choices, with the mayor controlling city government administration and the appointment of department heads. Along with an item veto, the mayor could veto council ordinances. The charter provided for initiative,... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS2658.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT