District order (Prussia)
The Prussian district order of 1872 reorganized the Prussian districts .
history
After many years of and sometimes difficult negotiations, the district order came into effect as a law on December 13, 1872 and subsequently formed the basis for a new provincial order .
The law initially only extended to the provinces of Prussia , Brandenburg (including Berlin ), Pomerania , Silesia and Saxony with the proviso that it could be brought into force by royal decree in the province of Posen or parts of it.
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Legal Status
Each district formed a local association for self-administration of its affairs with the rights of a corporation . Cities with at least 25,000 inhabitants were allowed to form a city district for themselves. The cities and the administrative districts were members of the circle, insofar as they did not form their own city districts . These in turn comprised several rural communities. The owner or a representative appointed by him was the local authority for the area of an independent manor district . He was responsible for the duties and services that were also incumbent on the rural communities.
Self-management
Each district was empowered to issue orders and regulations as part of its self-administration . The municipalities belonging to the district had to provide a district levy through surcharges on the direct state taxes , in particular on the class and income tax . District members were obliged to accept honorary posts .
District Administrator
At the head of the administration stood the district administrator appointed by the king at the suggestion of the district council . He had a double function as head of self-government and as an organ of state government. At the same time he was chairman of the district council and district committee . He was assigned a district secretary and two elected district deputies . The latter represented him. If he was temporarily unable to do so, the district secretary could do that.
District Committee
A district committee of six members elected by the district council assisted the district administrator in the administration of district affairs and the administration of the general state administration.
District council
The district assembly consisted of at least 25 members. It had to meet at least twice a year. He was elected according to a proportional system in which the residents of the urban parishes - according to their proportion of the population in the district - elected up to half of the members, while the remaining members were equally elected on the one hand by the residents of the rural communities and on the other by the rural landowners who at least 150 to 450 Mark state primary and building control led away. These were indirect elections by electors . The legislative period was six years.
Worth knowing
In the Grand Duchy of Hesse , a district order was put into effect in 1874, which was based on the model of the Prussian district order of 1872.
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- District order for the provinces of Prussia, Brandenburg, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia and Saxony from December 13, 1872. In: Collection of Laws for the Royal Prussian States No. 41 from December 23, 1872, pp. 661–714.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Law on the internal administration and representation of the districts and the provinces of June 12, 1874. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 29 of June 16, 1874, pp. 251–295; Eckhart G. Franz : Introduction . In: Georg Ruppel and Karin Müller: Historical place directory for the area of the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court affiliation from 1820 to the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform = Darmstädter Archivschriften 2. Historical Association for Hesse. Darmstadt 1976.