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County commissioners
Commissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n. 1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some business, for the government, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims. To another address which requested that a commission might be sent to examine into the state of things in Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and desired the Commons to name the commissioners. --Macaulay. 2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service. Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty. --Macaulay. The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subordinates of the secretary of the interior. --Bartlett. Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.] County commissioners, certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.]
County commissioners
3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak. County commissioners. See Commissioner. County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. County palatine, a county distinguished by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] County seat, a county town. [U.S.] County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] County town, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

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- A county commission (or a board of county commissioners) is a group of elected officials (county commissioners) collectively charged with administering...
- the state's 21 counties. In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the board of county commissioners serves as the county legislature....
- Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district, and a president who is elected county-wide...
- Escambia County is served by the West Florida Regional Library System. Escambia County government is led by a five-member Board of County Commissioners. Each...
- the commissioners court and implementing the Dallas County Master Plan and the directives of the commissioners court. The current commissioners court...
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- age 65 or over. Douglas County is governed by a board of seven county commissioners, elected to staggered four–year terms. County courthouse positions are...
- County Board of Commissioners". WHYY. Retrieved January 3, 2024. "Chester County Newly-Elected Officials, Judges Take Oath of Office". Chester County...
- for Hillsborough County was approved by voters in a county-wide referendum held in September 1983, and the first county commissioners elected under this...
- Florida - west The Board of County Commissioners serves as the legislative and policy setting body of Santa Rosa County as established under Section 125...