City Comptroller: After voters had ejected the corrupt Tweed ring, Green served as city comptroller (1871-1876) to stabilize city finances. After years of advocating the merger of Manhattan and adjacent municipalities, he was president of the commisŽsion that prepared the plan of 1897, which inŽcorporated the five boroughs as the City of New York. For this Green became known as the "Father of Greater New York." As trustee of Tilden's will, he secured merger of the Tilden Trust with the Astor and Lenox libraries into the New York Public Library. His life ended tragŽically when he was shot outside his New York City home on Nov. 13, 1903, by a lunatic.
Historically, there has been some dispute as to whether the G.P.O. falls within the jurisdicŽtion of the legislative or executive branch of government. Indeed, in 1912, Sen. Elihu Root, chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing, declared, "The office of the Public Printer is an anomaly in our system of administration." In 1932, however, the U. S. comptroller general seemed to confirm the prevailing assumption that the G.P.O. is responsible to the legislature by noting that it was not subject to legislation deŽsigned for agencies of the executive branch.See Also The City:QUEZALTENANGO, ka-sal-ta-nan'go, Guatemala, city, capital of a department of the same name, the second city of the republic in size and in importance, 80 miles west of GuateŽmala City, at an altitude of 7,500 feet above sea level. It has a considerable domestic trade and manufactures of cotton and woolen textiles. A railway about 50 miles long connects Quezal-tenango with Champerico on the Pacific coast. The city was founded in 1524 by Spaniards, on the site of a native city; there are numerous interesting antiquities in the neighborhood. An earthquake destroyed the town in 1902, but it was rebuilt. Pop. 30,125.
Belfast is primarily an industrial city but it has some sights of genuine interest. The City Hall, of considerable magnificence in its interior, is one of them, the vast Harland and Wolff Shipyards, not far from the heart of the city, is another, and the Stormont Parliament Palace, a few miles out, is emphatically another.
On The Other Hand See Temple City Of Uucyabnal:This particular cenote, which was in the temple city of Uucyabnal, became the Mecca for pilgrims who journeyed long distances to make sacrifices to Chac. Among those who came to the holy city were a tribe called the "water witches," which in Mayan is Itza. The cenote cult flourished under Itza domination, and the city itself eventuŽally became known as Chichen-ltza, which means "Mouths of the Wells of the Itza."
The following sites are of major interest: ithens. Structures on the Acropolis include the Propylaea, the temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheum, and the Parthenon. Among other classical remains in the city are the Agora, the reconstructed stoa of Attains, the Roman Odeum of Atticus and the Theater of Dionysus, and the temple of Hephaestus.
Bassae. The Doric temple of Apollo Epicurius is one of the best-preserved Greek temples. It was built by Ictinus.
Cape Sounion. On this cape at the eastern tip of the Attic peninsula stand remains of the Doric temple dedicated to Poseidon, god of the sea.
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