Boxes 1-10

Commission on Government Efficiency & Economy (CGEE)

Series V. Research Reports & Memoranda

Box 1. Volume 1 - 1930 and Before
Index
Accumulated Index, 1928-1974
Installation of Business Methods
Program and Aims for Governmental Research
Business Methods
Twenty Years of Expenditures
Air Pollution
Administration of Proposed Smoke Abatement
Bureau of Receipts
Storekeeper Functions
Governmental Research
Zoning Appeals
City Revenue Collections
Bureau of Stores & Central Purchasing
Cash Discounts
Centralization of the Shopkeeping Functions
Condemnation Proceedings
Municipal Purchasing Functions
City Revenues - Budget Estimates 1931

Box 2. Volume II - 1931
Index - 1931
Forms BR1, BR2, ATC1
Property Inventory Division
Central Purchasing Bureau
City Debt
Damage Awards: Forrest & Ensor Streets
Proposed $69,000,000 Loans
City Purchasing Agent - Purchasing Procedure
Financial Situation - City Government
Expense to Taxpayers
Central Purchasing Bureau
City Hall Appointments
Financial Situation - New City Administration
Employees of Baltimore City, 1927-1931
Orleans and Howard Street Viaducts
Viaduct Problem
C.G.E.E. and City Administration
Financial Matters - City Administration
Municipal Airport Project
Airport Project
Political Turnover of Unclassified
Zoning and Filling Stations
Purchase of Property - Accounting Procedures
Restoration of Centralized Purchasing
Budget - 1932
City Debt and Borrowing Margin
Supervion of Requisitions
Bureau of Minor Privilege Routine
Smoke Control
City's Financial Problems
Scaling Down City Operating Expenditures
Revenue Programs
Tax Rate Increase - 1932
Resume of Recommendations
Finances - City of Baltimore
Sale Unneeded City Property
Key Positions - General Accounting Department
Smoke Control Ordinance
Consolidation City Librarian & Department of Legislative Reference
Tax Discounts, etc.
Publishing Tax Roll
Billing of Metered Water
Purchasing Offices
Permanent Salary & Wage Committee
Purchasing Offices - Supplementary Communication
What Has Been Accomplished
Municipalities and Wage Reduction
Cash Expenditures from Loan Funds
Supplies - Department of Education
City Planning
Financial Side - City Planning
Foodstuffs for City Institutions
Publication of Real Estate Tax Assessments
Financial Status Municipal Corporation
Tax Rate - 1936

Box 3. Volume III - 1932
City Highway Revenues
Reporting Collection Progress
City Financing Problem
Cash Receipts
Audit of Purchase Property Account
Standardize Salaries & Classification
Purchase of Equipment
Solution of Financial Problems
Reconstituted Commission on City Plan
Collection of Tax Judgements
Qualified Commodity Clerk - Purchasing Bureau
School Supplies
Department of General Accounting
City's Borrowing Position
Financial Situation - City of Baltimore
Smoke Control from City Plants
Progress of Revenue Collections
Additional Loans for Ratification
Consolidate Payroll Bureau & Bureau of Disbursements
Progress of Collections
Rising Cost of Government
Tax Saving
Cost of Public Education
Assessment Manuals for Tax Equalizations
Tax Collection Drive
Refuse Disposal Contract Proposal
Control of Public Spending
Statement on Financial Aspects of City Proposed Contract Refuse Disposal
Supplementary - Financial Aspects of Refuse Disposal
Supplementary Statement - Refuse Disposal
Federal Loans to States & Municipalities
State Legislation Affecting City Revenues
State Legislation - Supplement
Plan for Refuse Disposal Problem
City's Contract Proposal for Refuse Disposal
Supplementary Statement - City's Contract Proposal
Refuse Disposal - Proposed Alternative
Costs and Operations Proposed Refuse Disposal Contract
Incinerator Project - Executive Committee
Central Department of General Accounting
Collection & Disposal of Refuse
Contract Proposal for Refuse Disposal
Disposal of Municipal Refuse Disposal
Cost of Refuse Disposal
Margin Against Additional Bonds
Objections to Proposed Refuse Disposal
Disposal of Refuse in Baltimore - City's Contract Plan
Recommended Plan for Refuse Disposal
Contract Proposal for Refuse Disposal
Operating Costs - Refuse Disposal
Incinerator Proposition
Incinerator Project - Cost to Taxpayers
Minor Priviledge Taxes & Funds
Sales Tax
School Supplies
Special Budget Form
Margin Against Additional Bonds
Municipal Income
Why $22,000,000 Additional Loans Should Not Be Ratified
Supplement to $22,000,000 Additional Loans
Voters Authorize Additional Loans
Annual Loans Funds Expenditures
1933 Budget Problems
City Revenue from Taxation
Treatment of the 1933 Budget Problem
City's Use of State Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Tax
Cash Position of City
Unpaid Bills Carried Forward
Tentative 1933 Budget
1933 City Budget
Revision Downward 1933 Budget
Comparison 1933 with 1932 Budget

Box 4. Volume IV - 1933
Index 1933
Improvements in Bureau of Receipts
Cash Position of the City
Abatement of Taxes
Data on Bonded Debt
Estimates - Budget State of Maryland
Annual Financial Statements
City Meaures for Submission to State Legilature
Comparison State Budgets 1932-33 & 1934-35
Bonded Debt - Borrowing Margin
Analysis Unpaid Obligations
General Storekeeper Vacancy
Appointment of Public Officials
Borrowing Opportunties - Federal Public Works Plan
Collection Results of Current Taxes
Financial Data - Baltimore City
Paying Taxes Promptly
Asphalt Street Paving
Rail Utilities for Construction of Major Highways
Funded Debt & Public Improvements
City Planning
Ordinance Standardizing Salary Ranges
Preview 1934 Budget
Vacancy in City Council
Preliminary Expoistion - 1934 Budget
Tentative 1934 Budget Factors
City Budget for 1934

Box 5. Volume V - 1934
Baltimore's 1934 Budget
Proposed Vidaduct Bond Issue
Viaduct Bond Issue
Budget - Where Money Comes From and Goes To
Effect Budget Upon Three Ordinances
Viduct Projects
Baltimore's Financial Position
Relation of Commission - Baltimore Brach of National Economy League
State Tax on Real Estate
Personnel Survey
Financial Condition of the City
Municipal Personnel
Financing Emergency Relief
Appendix to Reporting Financing Emergency Relief
Assessment Machinery
Paying Taxes Promptly
Millions Saved
Your Tax Dollar - June 1934
Cost to Taxpayers - Federal Public Works Program
Financing Relief in Maryland
State Tax Levy
Preliminary Statistics on State Budget
Financial Status - Baltimore City
Commission Support
Progress of 1934 Budget
Charter Revision Program
Public Welfare Department
Tax Reduction Possibilities
Preview City Tax Reduction
State Bond Issues
Financing Unemployment Relief
Motor Vehicle License Fee
Proposal to Amend State Constitution
Important Work by the Commission
Widening of Fayette Street
1935 Budget Proposal
City Budget 1935
Proposed Tax Levy
Salaried Positions Affecting Tax Rate
Budget Surplus
Reducing Taxes - 1935
City Budgets & Tax Rate
1934 Budget Receipts
Surpluses and Deficits Since 1931

Box 6. Volume VI - 1935
Index - 1935
Maryland's Sharing of Financing Unemployment Relief
State Revenue
Unused City Property
New Revenue Measures
Governor's Advisory Committee on State Revenue
Maryland's Revenue Problem
State's Budget Proposal
Maryland Emergency Relief Administration
State's Financial Requirements
Financial Data - Baltimore City
Charter Amendment to Limit City Tax Rate
Tax Delinquency in Baltimore
City's Favorable Financial Standing
Cost of Baltimore City Government
Increase in Cost of Baltimore City Government
Budget Appropriations
Permanent Registration and Voting Machines
Budget Revenue
Interest Rate on Bonds
Purchasing System
Financial Aspects - Federal Work Relief Program
Supplement - Proposed Work Relief Program
Manufacturer's Excise Tax
Bureaus of Street Cleaning & Transportation
Contribution of Baltimore Association of Commerce Towards City Plan
City Plan
Preparation of Annual City Budget Budget
Considerations for 1936
Budget Reduction Possibilities
Budget & Tax Rate - 1936
Analysis of 1936 Budget
State Aid Policy
Public Improvement
Rubbish Collection Contract
Revenue Receipts

Box 7. Volume VII - 1936
Index - 1936
Salaried Positions
Libray Holdings - Aid to Needy
Revenue Sharing
Outline - Aid to Needy
Sources of Revenue
Distribution - State Relief Funds
Reduce Election Costs
Property Damage Awards - Howard Street
Financial Status - Baltimore City
Local Chapters National Municipal League
Voting Places
Tax Rate Increase - 1937
Charter Provisions Governing Deficits Extra Expenditures
Sheet Asphalt Street Repairs
Property Owners
Sheet Asphalt Street Repairs
To Avoid Tax Increase
Sheet Asphalt Street Repairs Report
Employees' Retirement System
Supplementary Statement - Employees' Retirement System
City Planning
Personnel and Salary Problem
System of City Planning
Salary Ordinance
Budget Consideration for 1937
Library Salaries and Cost
Tentative 1937 Budget
Qualifications of Director State Unemployment Compensation
Report of City Highway Engineer

Box 8. Volume VIII - 1937
Index - 1937
Sharing Highway Revenues
Art Museums
State Aid to Needy
Budget FY 1938 & 1939
Aggregate Financial Requirement Facing State of Maryland
Changes in Baltimore Financial Statement
Bid-the-Rate Methods
Water Mains
Interest Rate on Bonds
Municipal Recreation Commission
Status of City Planning
Financial Data - Baltimore City
State Office Building
State Fiscal Policy
Higher Standards of State Government
Follow-up Post Card
New State Bond Issues
C.G.E.E. and State of Maryland Work
Voting Machines
City Plan Commission
City Enabling Ordinance and City Plan
City Taxpayers
Bid-the-Rate Method
Cost of Government
Bond Sales, 1919-1936
Budget Cutting Problem
1938 Budget Plan
Refuse Collection and Disposal
City Tax Levy
Evening Sun Editor
Collection of Rubbish
Establishment of State C.G.E.E.

Box 9. Volume IX - 1938
Index - 1938
Subjects of Staff Work - 1937
Maryland Financial Problem
Magistrates' Fees - Press Release
"Your Tax Dollar"
What Unionization Means to Municipal Employees
Financial Data - 1938
Memorandum - Bond Issues
Public Welfare and Relief Costs
Loans for Public Improvements
General Accounting System
Public Improvement Loans
Public Improvement During the Depression
Relation of Debt to Taxable Basis
New PWA Program
Boston's Mayor Looks A Gift Horse in the Mouth
Proposed $18,000,000 PWA Program
Supplemental Statement to PWA Program
Statement - City's Proposed PWA Project
Relief - Taxpayer's Chief Problem
City Debt for Public Improvement
Staff Activities
Supplementary Relief Data on Relief and Why
People's Court
State Tax on Real Estate
Fund the $4,000,000 Relief Deficit
How to Get What You Want in Politics
Budget Problem for 1939
Municipal Requirements as they Affect Budget for 1939
Editorial on the Budget
National Conference on Government
Accounting and Fiscal Procedure of the State

Box 10. Volume X - 1939
Index - 1939
Baltimore Finds a Plan
Staff Report - 1938
Reorganization of People's Court
Should A Huge New Public Improvement Debt be Created?
Three Platoon System for Fire Department
Legislative Proposals of Interest to Baltimore Taxpayers
City Plan Resolution #1429
City Plan Should Not be Delayed
Reduce Loan Program
City Council Approves $15,000,000 Debt Program
Housing Authority Proposal
Slum Clearance
Baltimore Family and Its Public Debt Burden
Control of Public Improvement Programs
Baltimore Charter Amendement
Baltimore Finances Unfavorable Outlook
City Charter's Guidance for Solution of Present Financial Problem
Financial Data - 1939
Ordinance #58
Increase in Budget Requirement
Annual Debt Service
Sinking Fund
Staff Report on Municipal Government
Personnel Administration and Payroll
Staff Report on Municipal Government
Financial Aspect of the City's Problem
Sheet Asphalt Repairs
Application of Staff Reports
Press Statement Regarding Police Vacations
Towards Greater Efficiency and Economy in Baltimore Municipal Government
Welfare Budget for 1940
Data Essential for a Study of Baltimore County Finances
Distribution of Staff Report Review of Report on Greater Efficiency and Economy
School Budget Request for 1940
City's Scheduled Bond Issue
Bond Premiums and the Bid Rate
Editorial on Schools
Rebuttal of School Department
Debt Control and City's Use of Emergency Borrowing Power
Professional Groups in Civic Affairs
ABC's of the City's Proposed Budget - 1940
Sewers for Graceland Park-Dundalk and Brooklyn-Curtis Bay
Municipal Debt Burden
Pay-As-You-Go School Facilities