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A MODEL MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT 489
Some further conception of the number and character of these employment certificates may be derived from the following table for the year 1901 :
No. of children interviewed applying for certificates 30,406
No. of employment certificates granted - 23,492
No. of employment certificates refused - 2,203
No. of duplicate certificates issued ... 1,456
FRANCIS R. COPE, JR. DIMOCK, PA.
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NOTE. In this paper, completed during the summer of 1903, allusions to the "present" administration of course refer to that of Mayor Low. [ED.]