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The Status and Organization of Croatian Townships under the Act on the Organization of Town Districts of 1895.

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the legal framework of status and organization of Croatian townships in the Croatian-Slavonian territory in the period of validity of the Act on the Organization of Town Districts from 1895. By analyzing the legislation framework, the author has concluded that the above mentioned act on the Organization of Town Districts had significantly reduced municipal self-government, but also that the towns in the status of the county gained the powers that enabled them the self-government of the broad spectrum. This law introduced a provision that the Government can dismiss the City Council if it worked against the Government's intent and set up a commissioner with powers of City Council and mayor. As before, supervision of the city's self-government was conducted by a „great city county prefect“, as a representative of the executive power. According to this law most of the cities were subordinated to the county government, and only the larger ones (Zagreb, Osijek, Zemun and Varaždin) remain directly subject to the Land Government for the Kingdom Croatia and Slavonia. Also, this law had limited active electoral right, ie abolished the active electoral right for women that existed under the previous law of status and organization of Croatian townships. For analysis the author has used relevant literature, laws, regulations and archival sources.

Croatian townships, 19th century, Károly Khuen-Hedervary, self-government, Government.

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