of functioning. The islands and Southern I ta1y had demanded similar: autonomy, especially in regard to public works. The Fascist Government, on the contrary, is destroying all local autonomy, centralising everything in the hands either of the Government at Rome or of the Prefects or Vice-Prefects. The reform of the legislation affecting Communes r:nd Provinces, announced and so often described in semi-official communications, has, fortunately, not yet been initiated. Nevertheless, and despite the declaration of the head of the Government on October 8, 1923, that "the Government has no intention of placing the Con1munes in tutelage or taking away from tfiem the administrative autonomy which is essential to them,'' a series of steps have been taken which have played havoc with the local authorities. (a) Communal and Provincial Administrations Dissolved. Several hundred Communal administrations had been dissolved up to October 31, 1923, including those of Belluno, Vicenza, Verona, Treviso, Pavia, Catania, Benevento, Lecce, Como, Messina, Avellino, Syracuse, Bari, 1'rapani, Trento, Bergamo,. and Rome. · The Provincial Councils of Florence, Pavia, and Novara were dissolved in November, 1922; Siena, Reggio Emilia, Belluno, Cremona, 11ilan, and Ancona in December; Syracuse, Foggia, Girgenti, Verona, Venice, and Como in January, 1923; Trieste, Udine, Potenza, Benevento, Parma, and Treviso in March; Caltanissetta in April ; Rome in May ; Zara in May ; Bergamo in July ; Teramo, Cagliari and Reggio Calabria in August; Macerata and Trento in September; Catania and Messina in October. These are the dissolutions publicly announced, and the list is not complete. The public announcements 6.3 Biblioteca Gino Bianco
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