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County commissioners
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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.
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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.
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2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
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Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
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The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
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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.]
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County commissioners
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County \Coun"ty\ (koun"t[y^]), n.; pl. Counties (-t[i^]z). [F.
comt['e], fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]
1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.]
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2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom,
separated from the rest of the territory, for certain
purposes in the administration of justice and public
affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.
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Every county, every town, every family, was in
agitation. --Macaulay.
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3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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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