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heavy for them, has, on the whole, proved to be groundless. In
ackowledgement [[** sic = ackn-]] of this, therefore, the inclination of the government
authorities has always gone in the direction of giving the
municipalities, as much as possible, the control of matters that concern
them. An increasing number of duties have been assigned by the
legislature to the municipalities, whereby opportunity has been
given them of exercising an influence in almost all matters. As
an example it may be mentioned that the municipality has extensive
authority in all matters pertaining to the relief of the poor, the
public highways, the fire department and public buildings, the School
Board, the Board of Health, etc., and furthermore, authority to draw
up police regulations — whose ratification, however, requires the
royal sanction —, to appoint most of the municipal employees,
and to determine how far the sale and retail of spirits, beer and wine
is to be allowed in the municipality. The municipalities have in
this manner become an important link in the country’s
administration. By this, however, it is not to be understood that it is always
the municipal assembly or its departments that have the control
or management of all municipal affairs. As the number of
the municipal duties has increased, it has proved to be impossible
for the Council to have to do with the entire municipal
administration, and it has therefore gradually become necessary to let a
great deal of the municipal business pass into the hands of separate
municipal sub-departments. This is the case with the relief of the
poor, public education, the public buildings, street-regulation, the
fire department, the Board of Health, the Harbour Commission, etc.
All these special departments are managed by municipal
commissions, which consist, as a rule, of some of the members of the
Council, or are made up by election by that body. The relations
between these commissions and the Council are, in the main, that
budgets, and the power of decision in connection with them, are
in the hands of the Council, while to the various commissions is
assigned the general management of the business placed in their
hands and the employment of the grants voted. In these matters,
therefore, the Council also has an opportunity of exercising an
essential and decisive influence, and frequently more important
matters connected with the administration of these special
institutions are placed in the hands of the Council. The most important
duty that the Councils have to perform, however, is the adjustment
of financial matters, of which we shall here give a brief sketch.
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