The Improvement of Towns and Cities, Or the Practical Basis of Civic Aesthetics (Classic Reprint)

The Improvement of Towns and Cities, Or the Practical Basis of Civic Aesthetics (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Charles Mulford Robinson

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Published: 2016-06-15

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781332604029

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Excerpt from The Improvement of Towns and Cities, or the Practical Basis of Civic Aesthetics The specialist, seeing much in little, does not See far. In zeal for pavements one forgets the trees; in zeal for parks the thoroughfare is for gotten. It has seemed well, then, in the great new awakening of enthusiasm and concern for city beauty in a score of directions, at last to grasp them all, to group them logically in a single volume and show the relative positions. This wish deter mined the underlying syllabus on which, as indi cated in the Table of Contents, the book has been built up. 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.

IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS & CITIES

IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS & CITIES PDF

Author: Charles Mulford 1869-1917 Robinson

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-28

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781372858406

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The Improvement of Towns and Cities, Or, the Practical Basis of Civic Aesthetics

The Improvement of Towns and Cities, Or, the Practical Basis of Civic Aesthetics PDF

Author: Robinson Charles Mulford 1869-1917

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2013-01-28

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9781313307604

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The Improvement of Towns and Cities; Or the Practical Basis of Civil Aesthetics

The Improvement of Towns and Cities; Or the Practical Basis of Civil Aesthetics PDF

Author: Charles Mulford Robinson

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781230275918

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX MASSACHUSETTS AN ACT TO CODIFY AND AMEND THE LAWS RELA- TIVE TO THE PRESERVATION OF TREES [ACTS OF 1899, CHAPTER 330] Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section I. Every town shall at its annual meeting for the election of town officers elect a tree warden, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is elected and qualified. He may appoint such number of deputy tree wardens as he deems expedient, and may at any time remove them from office. He and his deputies shall receive such compensation for their services as the town may determine, and, in default of such determination, as the selectmen may prescribe. He shall have the care and control of all public shade trees in the town, except those in public parks or open places under the jurisdiction of park commissioners, and of these also he shall take the care and control if so requested in writing by the park commissioners. He shall expend all funds appropriated for the setting out and maintenance of such trees. He may prescribe such regulations for the care and preservation of such trees, enforced by suitable fines and forfeitures, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, as he may deem just and expedient; and such regulations, when approved by the selectmen and posted in two or more public places in the town, shall have the force and effect of town by-laws. It shall be his duty to enforce all provisions of law for the preservation of such trees. Section 2. Towns may appropriate annually a sum of money, not exceeding in the aggregate fifty cents for each of its ratable polls in the preceding year, to be expended by the tree warden in planting shade trees in the public ways, or, if he deems it expedient, upon adjoining land, at a distance not exceeding twenty feet...

The Improvement of Towns and Cities: Or, the Practical Basis of Civil Aesthetics

The Improvement of Towns and Cities: Or, the Practical Basis of Civil Aesthetics PDF

Author: Charles Mulford Robinson

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-22

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780469376809

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