Description: Historical Background; Units of Local Government; Forms of Government; State Control Over Local Governments and Limitations on that Control; Home Rule; Relationships with Federal Government; Powers of Municipalities; Exercise of Powers Through Delegations and Legislation; Territory: Formation, Expansion, etc.; Officers and Employees; Finances: Raising, Borrowing and Spending Money; Activities of Local Governments: Inducing Business Into the Community, Regulating and Operating Utilities, Zoning and Other Regulation of Property; Acquiring Property (Eminent Domain), Urban Renewal and Public Housing, Planning, New Towns, Regulation of Business, Crime Control, Control of Public Gatherings, Alleviation of Poverty, Providing Culture, Providing Transportation; Liability in Contract; Torts and Federal Statutes; Extraordinary Actions and Remedies.

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