编者按：1996年8月至1997年2月，新区司法局局长张凌同志在美国西弗吉尼亚大学学习期间，利用课余时间对大学所在地摩根市的政府管理作了深入调查，现将他撰写的考察报告摘要刊登，供各级行政部门研究参考。市经理──议会是美国独有的行政管理体制，它并不适合我国的现行政治 Editor’s note: From August 1996 to February 1997, Comrade Zhang Ling, Director of the Justice Department of the New District, conducted an in-depth investigation into the government administration of Morgan City, home of the University, during his spare time during his studies at the University of West Virginia in the United States. The summary of the report is published for reference by administrative departments at all levels. City Manager ─ ─ parliament is the United States unique administrative system, it is not suitable for our current politics