commission plan

noun

1. a system of municipal government in which all the legislative and executive powers of the city are concentrated in the hands of a commission.

commission plan

noun

1. (in the US) a system of municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in a commission of five or six elected members

Word History and Origins

Origin of commission plan¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

For an embrace of the Simpson-Bowles commission plan for debt reduction and a streamlining of the U.S. tax codes?

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The commission plan is adapted to the city's financial problem because it fosters economy.

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Other cities which have adopted a commission plan are accomplishing equally as beneficial results.

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The running expenses of Galveston under the commission plan have been reduced one-third.

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These results have been accomplished under a commission plan by the application of common, everyday business principles.

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Immediately after the adoption of the commission plan in Des Moines the annual cost of each arc-light was reduced five dollars.

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