Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1882

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Excerpt from Thirty-Seventh Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1882: Together With Other Annual Reports and Papers Relating to the Affairs of the CityHaving again been called, by the suffrages of my fellow citizens, to fill the chief executive othee of the city, I feel the responsibilities that it imposes on me. I am well aware that the burden is not light, and that the people Will hold both you and me accountable for the trust committed to our care. We are, for the time being, the servants of the people, elected to govern and administer the affairs of this city according to oaths taken and With What Wisdom and knowledge have been given to us. For my part, Whatever ability I possess shall be used with an honest purpose to be governed by the principle of justice towards all Without fear or favor, and I shall endeavor to advance the best interests of the city. Relying on you, gentlemen, for counsel, I en ter upon its duties Without any misgivings for the future. City affairs should be managed as careful business men manage their own. We are but agents, and shall be held to a strict account for the Well-being of the city during our term of office. The policy that should govern us should be a liberal one towards all those enterprises that the city requires in order to make it a desirable place in Which to live, to keep up With the progressive Spirit of the age, and give security to all persons living Within the law. Yet one thing should be kept constantly in view, that no extrava gance enter into our deliberations, for, be it remembered.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.