to Slate Coun New Municipal Law Goverment reduce the sys vent by the people throughout the country and gradual steps will be taken in this fon, "a representative of the HNorth<China Daily News" was informed on June 12. by Gen. Chang Chun, mayor of Greater Shanghai. "At the. present time, government is impracticable as no methods have been devised show who should be elected, how should be elected or by whom should be elected. Therefore, swe propose to begin at the very Gon, Chang was interviewed onnestion with a resolution whie't was adopted at the 72nd meeting of That in regard to a petition of the Ministry of Tolerior stating:
"rhe new Municipal Law was Renily' promulgated. In' aceordan: with the provisions of article 2 of the said law, the word 'Special' Showd no longer he attached the names of the Nanking, Tientsin, Shanghai, Tsingtao and" Hankey municipalities, all of which should henceforth be placed under the Jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan; and the Peking and the Canton Special Munietpalities, being at the fame time the seats respectively the Chihliand Kuangtung Provis Governments, should in acsoriwith the provisions of par raph 2 of the said article be known rth as the Peking and the yors or the above-mentioned munieipalities should accordingly be re-
"Again, Ina atips'ations of article 49 of the law, prior to the election of (action) directors by the people concerned, in the ease of municipalities under the jurisdiet of the Executive Yuan, such Eh ork should be recommended by, avers of the municipalities and fed by the Ministry of terior, Tlentie communications have eon slispatched by the Ministry to the various municipalities concerned to the allove effect, nnd it is hereby proy.sod that in regard to all, faire pertaining to the demarcation Pong! 'Lay? and 'Lin,' the municipalities concerned be aho instructed by the Executiv?
Yuar to submit them first to the Ministry of Interior for approval to the Executive ation, Yko State Courell be petitions? to ater the names of the special municipalities "into municipalities trid {9 reappoint the mayors such municipalities; and the other reeyemendations of the Ministry be acted upon."
Chang aid that it was quite the word "special ig dropped so far as the names Nanking, Tientsin, Shanghai, tao and Hankow Municipalities mncerned and that these wou'd forth come directly under the ative Yuan. The dropping of ord had no special significcre of the muni ald remain the Tt was desired to place al divteiets under the Exocstive Yuan because of their Gro, Chang was asked whether tie' Slayor of Greater Shangh woud be changed, and he replied that 6 understand that there would Ne") change. In future, he would not ig Mayor of the Special Mux coats of Greater Shanghai tut wou simply be re-appointed May 9 Municipality of Greater:
'A: (0 the Canton and Pekin Municipalities, these would urder the Provincial Governments of tung tid Chibli, respectively, Se they would remain the aes of the Provincial Governments ina they would not he independent 2 Provincial Governments as case of the other Munici sy. Would be dependent on respective provincial Governments Questioned as to the election of jurisdicti "chu" Directors, the Mayor that nis was the Government's frst IL
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