Financial Administration in Local Government / / Arthur Hedley Marshall.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Marshall, Arthur Hedley,
• MitwirkendeR: Marshall, A. H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)

Local Councils are second only to the central government in the variety and size of their activities. Many of us live in their houses, our children are taught in their schools and technical colleges, we often ride on their buses over their roads and walk in their parks, we listen to concerts in their halls and read books from their libraries. The financial administration which these activities demand is as complex as the services are varied and vital. But Dr Marshall's book on this important subject is neither involved nor fragmentary. Deftly he explains the internal organization of local authorities, describes the responsibilities with which Councils generally charge their Finance Committees, and then analyses stage by stage the methods employed by Chief Financial Officers and the Chief Officers and staffs of all departments to implement the Councils' policies. Dr Marshall, City Treasurer of Coventry, past chairman of the Executive Council of the Royal Institute of Public Administration and past president of the Institute of Municipal Treasurers and Accountants, is well known in the world of Local Government finance. With this authoritative book he has earned the gratitude of all Local Government financial officers, their colleagues in other departments, and of students who seek a text book based on great practical experience. He has also produced a work which will be read with interest by those concerned with the similar functions and problems of financial administration in large scale private industry and the other branches of the public services.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Internal Organization of Local Authorities -- Chapter II. The Principles of Financial Administration -- Chapter III. The Finance Committee -- Chapter IV. The Chief Financial Officer -- Chapter V. The Chief Financial Officer's Department: General Considerations -- Chapter VI. The Chief Financial Officer's Department: Pattern of Organization -- Chapter VII. The Chief Financial Officer's Department: Recruitment and Training of Staff -- Chapter VIII. The Chief Financial Officer as Financial Adviser -- Chapter IX. The Chief Financial Officer as Accountant -- Chapter X. The Chief Financial Officer as Machine Accountant -- Chapter XI. The Chief Financial Officer as Internal Auditor -- Chapter XII. The Chief Financial Officer: Costing and Miscellaneous Duties -- Chapter XIII. The Role of the Clerk in Financial Administration -- Chapter XIV. The Financial Organization of Operating Departments -- Chapter XV. The Payment of Accounts -- Chapter XVI. The Collection of Income -- Chapter XVII. Purchasing and Contracting: I–General -- Chapter XVIII. Purchasing and Contracting: II–Engineering and Building Works -- Chapter XIX. The Principles and Form of the Budget -- Chapter XX. Budgetary Procedure -- Chapter XXI. Administering the Budget -- Chapter XXII. Internal Rules -- Appendices -- Table of Statutes, Orders and Regulations -- Index