Scope and Content Note
This series consists of "An act to revise the charter of the city of Buffalo," S. 191/A. 498, 1890, and Governor David B. Hill's veto memorandum of this bill. The bill (224 pp.) would have provided for a system of municipal checks and balances by the creation of aldermen-at large and city councilmen. It would also have created a Department of Public Works in Buffalo, headed by the city Engineer and the Street Commissioner. However, Governor Hill refused to sign the bill, citing concerns that the mayor did not receive enough direct authority to appoint a single head of the Department of Public Works. He also balked at the raise in officials' salaries called for in the bill. Hill did support the charter revision and the creation of a city council in theory, and he signed a modified version of this bill the next year as Chapter 105 of the Laws of 1891.
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