Urban Administrative Issues Debated at the Congresses of Constanța (1927) and Oradea (1929) Regarding the Towns in Romania Cover Image
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Probleme administrative urbane dezbătute la congresele de la Constanța (1927) și Oradea (1929) ale orașelor din România
Urban Administrative Issues Debated at the Congresses of Constanța (1927) and Oradea (1929) Regarding the Towns in Romania

Author(s): Beata Menesi
Subject(s): Public Administration, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: congress; cities; government; autonomy; modernization;

Summary/Abstract: The annual congresses of the Uniunea Oraselor din Romania (Towns Union in Romania) debated stringent administrative problems for the cities and proposed solutions to those problems. Thus, at the Congress of Constanta, held on 9 and 10 October 1927 were discussed issues concerning political interference in the administration, the abolition of excise duties, establishing a school for administrative and urban studies, following the pattern on the existing ones abroad, the training and improvement of the administrative officials, the change of the property insurance bills, the protection of girls and young mothers, of the abandoned children, the regulation and control of prostitution, the decline of birth rates, the increasing child mortality and health education of the citizens, the important role of the plane fotography, the systematization plans for cities, the towns’ provisions and the relationship with the rural neighborhood. In Oradea where took place the conference of the cities, held on 28 and 29 November 1929 on the occasion of the changes of the new law on the organization of local administrations, were discussed the new demands imposed by the Government of cities, the maintenance of the hospitals, police and schools, the financial situation of the city halls, the commercialization of the factories, how to help the poor and the unemployed. For each of these issues, Oradea city hall prepared and submitted a report on the discussions that were held.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2016
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 185-193
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian