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efficiency. However still during Halmos' mayoral term, only limited and modest steps have been taken towards modernization, as the city administration did not assume political responsibility for drastically reducing the number of the staff. Because of the resistance of the
General Assembly, Halmos failed to introduce new municipal taxes, for instance "progressive tax" in 1899, "progressive poverty tax" in 1902 and "municipal inheritance tax" in 1903. However the first ever "road tax for bicyclists" was approved by the administrative body, but it was not associated with significant revenues.
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occurred into the municipal fund, instead of the fund of the influential Public Works
Council. Haberhauer later served as head of the Military Department, then Public Health Department. In the latter position, he played a significant role in the establishment of the Saint Ladislaus Hospital in 1894, which specialized in the treatment of epidemic cases. As head of department, he invented a comprehensive general regulation system for hospitals in Budapest. He signed a contract with entrepreneur Lajos Cséry, who organized
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In 1882, he was appointed councillor. In that capacity, he chaired the Tax
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Due to his commitment to the city administrative reform, the Halmos administration assigned few minor administrative cases to lower-ranking committees and councils by 1899. In 1900, a 30-member ad hoc committee was appointed to review the operation of the city administration in order to increase
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registration of births) which provided a "water-headed" characteristics to the city administration. Already Márkus was determined to adopt some kind of decentralization laws. In comparison to the "Golden Age" which characterized the significant part of the long-time mayoral period of
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Halmos was unanimously re-elected as mayor for a second six-year full term on 22 December 1903. By then the previous balanced relationship disintegrated between the
Hungarian government and the city administration, in addition to economic downturn. Following the
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Francis Joseph in the spring of 1898. As a recognition of his activity during the 25th anniversary of the unification of Budapest in November 1898, he was awarded the
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noted Halmos gave an example "how to love our capital city, and how to work for its benefit with true enthusiasm and warm affection, unbreakable stamina and endurance and without representing particular interests".
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since a long time. His inglorious departure and forced resignation, and the death of his spouse in the same year mentally and physically worn out him. He died on 17 April 1907, aged 59.
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of chains was built between 1897 and 1903 amid a corruption scandal. The Buda end of Erzsébet bridge ran directly into the massive foot of
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