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vote of the people or receipt of a charter by action of the <br />state legislature. This compares with 77% in 1963, 69% in <br />1962, 54% in 1961 and 70% in 1960. <br /> <br /> Ten places were removed from the list of <br />council-manager municipalities. In three of these cities, <br />the abandonment elections in 1964 and previous years became <br />effective. In one city, the council rescinded the <br />ordinance creating the position of manager. Five places <br />were found not to be operating under the council-manager <br />plan, and one city was removed because it consolidated with <br />another city. <br /> <br /> Twelve cities held referendums during 1964 on the <br />continuation of the council-manager plan, and voters in <br />five of these decided to abandon the plan, as compared to. <br />2i referendums and 6 abandonments in 1963. <br /> <br /> Since 1908 a total of 81 cities and counties have <br />abandoned the council-manager plan, excluding 23 places <br />where the plan has been re-adopted. <br /> <br />1959 <br /> <br />~'o~M OF GOVERNMENT IN CITIES OVER 5,000 POPULATION* (UNITED STATES) <br /> <br />Total Total MAYOR/ COMMISSION COUNCIL/ <br />No. of No. of COUNCIL MANAGER <br />Cities Cities in <br /> Table No. % No. % No. <br /> <br />©ye: 500,000 17 17 <br />250 to 500,000 23 23 <br />!i)() to 250,000 68 68 <br />~i0 Lo 100,000 133 132 <br />:dS to 50,000 291 283 <br />30 to 25,000 846 802 <br />!~ to 10,000 1,184 1,150 <br /> <br />16 94 0 0 1 6 <br />9 39 5 22 9 39 <br />29 43 13 19 26 38 <br />45 34 26 20 61 46 <br />104 37 42 15 137 48 <br />358 45 116 14 328 41 <br />691 60 110 10 349 30 <br /> <br />ALI cities <br />~)ve~ 5,000 2,562 2,475 1,252 51 312 13 911 37 <br /> <br />Municipal Year Book, 1959 (Population based on 1950 census) <br /> <br /> <br />