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A Brief Description Of Tennessee Municipal Government, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

When people refer to the place where they live they usually speak of it as.a "city" or "town." Generally, we regard a small community as a "town" and the larger community as a "city." In some other states people are accustomed to calling the smaller places "villages" and "boroughs," but this is not the custom in Tennessee. The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly the government of cities and towns in Tennessee. Each one has a government, just as the State has a government. An effort will be made to outline the principal differences among city and town …

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1955-56, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1955-56.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1954, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1954.

[Home Rule Campaign For Tml], Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Financing Electric-Municipal Buildings In Tennessee, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

The purpose of this publication is to advise municipal officials with respect to the sharing of a joint building by the general municipal government and an electric distribution system. It is an expansion of an article on the same subject that appeared in the Technical Section of the November 1952 issue of Tennessee Town & City magazine.

The information contained herein is oriented particularly toward officials responsible for the general government of Tennessee's municipalities, but it may also be of some value to officials of electric distribution systems.

Municipal Services To Fringe Area Residents: A Survey Of Tennessee Practices, Harlan Mathews

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

The first section of this report discusses the practices of Tennessee cities in extending four of the basic services - water, sewer, fire protection, and garbage collection - to the fringe dwellers. Data are provided in the appendix describing the practice of each reporting municipality regarding extraterrestrial services and charges made therefor.

Accounting Procedures For State Street Aid Funds, William T. Chaffin

MTAS History

Public Chapter No. 1 of the 1953 General Assembly, effective July 1, 1953, grants to municipalities the proceeds of one cent of the state gasoline tax. The enabling act, however, restricts expenditures to street aid purposes and puts forth various requirements that municipalities must meet related to financial and accounting procedures.

Paving Streets Under The Abutting Property Act, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

To assist municipalities in constructing streets under the abutting property act, MTAS prepared the materials in this bulletin. In addition to a copy of the act itself, from Williams Tennessee Code, Annotated (Michie Publishing Company, Charlottesville, Virginia), there is included a sample ordinance and two sample notices. These are intended to be general guides, and each municipality should consult its attorney regarding the peculiar form of such documents adapted to its charter and needs.

How You Can Use It [The 1c Street Aid Revenue], Municipal Technical Advisory Service

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

No abstract provided.

Documents Relating To Joint Electric System Municipal Buildings, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

We have assembled in this publication copies of resolutions, ordinances, minute entries, floor plans, and other documents from several Tennessee cities that have constructed buildings for joint use by an electric system and the general city government. We have done this with the thought in mind that these documents would be helpful guides and reference materials to the officials of a city about to undertake such a project.

Technical Bulletins: Parking Meters In Tennessee: Their Number, Use, Yield, Successful Practices And Model Meter Ordinance, E. W. Meisenhelder

MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins

This technical bulletin, for the information of Tennessee municipal officials, reports the number, use, yield and successful practices employed in the operation of parking meters in Tennessee, and offers a model parking meter ordinance.

Technical Bulletin Number 16

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1953, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1953.

Annexation Handbook For Tennessee Municipal Officials [Archived Material], Wallace Mendelson

MTAS History

This is a handbook for municipal officials in Tennessee who are considering annexation as a solution for fringe area problems. The unincorporated urban fringe that surrounds most cities creates a host of problems, both from the the viewpoint of the city and the suburban dwellers. The purpose of this handbook is to present and to discuss briefly the factors that enter into a decision as to whether annexation should be undertaken.

Municipal Tort Liability In Tennessee, Cliff Greenwood

MTAS History

In preparing this bulletin an examination has been made of all the published opinions of Tennessee. No attempt has been made to cite all opinions because there is considerable duplication, especially in the decisions dealing with street and sidewalk accidents. An attempt, however, has been made to cover all tort liability problems that have been presented to the appellate courts of Tennessee,

Paths To Constitutional Home Rule For Municipalities, Wallace Mendelson

MTAS History

Part I deals with the relatively simple matter of authorizing municipalities to adopt and amend their own charters. Part II deals with the far more difficult problem of the allocation of functions as between the state and municipality. The first concerns forms of government; the second the powers of government. Part III deals with the related problem of the extension of city boundaries by the annexation of fringe areas.

Equalizing Assessments Of City Properties: What, Why And How, Cecil Morgan

MTAS History

This publication can serve as a guide to city officials in carrying out an assessments equalization program. In addition to discussing the records required, the procedures to follow and some of the problems involved in such a program, this bulletin reviews the tax equalization experience of six Tennessee taxing jurisdictions. The final section draws attention to the importance of having a good public relations program accompanying a tax equalization program.

Style Manual For Municipal Technical Advisory Service, The University Of Tennessee, Joyce H. Williams, Katherine W. Thompson

MTAS History

This Manual of Technique and Style for the Municipal Technical Advisory Service is, primarily, an attempt to establish consistent and uniform usage of style within the office. Its purpose is not to elevate any one form as the best, others may be equally desirable, but to designate one form only for MTAS use.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1952, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1952.

Manual Of Accounts For Tennessee Municipalities, W. Harold Read, William R. Snodgrass

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Proper municipal accounting is basic to efficient city administration. Hence, if good municipal government is to prevail, the accounting system must be so designed and operated as to produce the required fiscal information. For this reason the Municipal Technical Advisory Service is grateful for the opportunity to make available to municipal finance officers and other officials in Tennessee this publication, a "Manual of Accounts." The manual is the first of a series of important technical publications in this field; two others now in preparation are scheduled for publication within the coming year.

The Local Beer Tax: An Administrative Guide, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

Under the terms of legislation passed by the 1951 General Assembly, cities and counties in Tennessee have been authorized to levy a tax on the retail sale of beer, effective April 1, 1951. This bulletin has been prepared as a guide for city officials in the preparation of necessary local legislation and in the establishment of essential administrative procedures.

The sample ordinances, suggested rules and regulations, and forms in this bulletin were prepared by Anders O. Hustvedt and Porter C. Greenwood, MTAS Consultants. Other MTAS staff members have contributed to the various steps required to bring this bulletin to its …

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1951, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1951.

Rabies Control, Victor C. Hobday

MTAS History

This bulletin deals with a subject that frequently deserves more attention from municipal officials than it receives. Most cities probably have inadequate control measures to guard against the danger of rabies, and quite often the problem is overlooked entirely. Perhaps such a situation is the result primarily of lack of information - and it is this need that this bulletin attempts to meet by outlining effective measures and the reasons for taking action. (Forward by Gerald W. Shaw, MTAS Executive Director)

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1950, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1950.

Municipal Technical Advisory Service (A New Agency Created To Serve Tennessee's Cities), Gerald W. Shaw

MTAS History

In this article, Gerald W. Shaw, the first Executive Director of the Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), discusses MTAS's work and goals, including technical and legal assistance to cities, research projects, and publications. From the November 1949 issue of The Tennessee Engineer.

Municipal Technical Advisory Service (A New Agency Created To Serve Tennessee's Cities), Gerald W. Shaw

MTAS History

An overview of the creation of the UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS), written by the agency's first executive director, Gerald W. Shaw.

Directory Of Tennessee Municipal Officials 1949, Mtas

Municipal Directories

A directory of Tennessee cities that includes personnel and municipal data, such as number of employees, population, charter form, size in square miles, and election date, for 1949.

Guide To Technical Services Available To State And Local Agencies In Tennessee, Division Of University Extension, University Of Tennessee

MTAS History

This handbook is one of the products of a cooperative program of study of government in the South. For several years the Universities of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, along with the Tennessee Valley Authority, have been working together in an effort to obtain more information about governn1ent in the southern states, and to 1nake that inforn1ation available to public officials and other interested individuals. The General Education Board, a philanthropic foundation, has helped finance this progran1, and those who have participated in the enterprise greatly appreciate 'its assistance.

Marketing Municipal Bonds In Tennessee, Herbert J. Bingham

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

Many city officials are now confronted for the first time with the task of planning and marketing a bond issue, a technical job and one in which mistakes can be relatively costly. No handbook can substitute for personal investigation of the bond market and consultation with investment houses and specialists. This report is designed to constitute an introduction and a guide for the personal investigation necessary to market a particular bond issue.

Tennessee's Stepchildren, The Municipalities, Alice L. Ebel

MTAS History

The purpose of this manual is to acquaint municipal, county, and state officials, and state legislators, with the cities' financial needs and the necessity of a better allocation of state-collected revenue. This manual, while not as complete as we would like it, should prove a handy reference manual for all municipal officials, and one in which they can readily find use in discussing municipal financial needs with state legislators, and county and state officials.