To guard against the tyranny of a numerical majority, Calhoun developed his theory of `` concurrent majority '', which, he said, `` by giving to each portion of the community which may be unequally affected by the action of government, a negative on the others, prevents all partial or local legislation ''.

Orders not written down had to be transmitted to the local provincial government.

There was a time some years ago when local taxation by the cities and towns was sufficient to support their own operations and a part of the cost of the state government as well.

To determine the practice and attitude of municipal governments concerning tangible movable property, a questionnaire was sent to all local government assessors or boards of assessors in Rhode Island.

It will continue to be an objective of this division to encourage the acceptance of planning as a proper and continuing responsibility of local government.

and as the cost of local government increases, the demand for such comparison also increases.

Both units of government contribute increasingly large sums of money to the several local governments in this state as indicated below:

It has been said that when local government revenues were mostly produced locally from the property tax, the lack of a uniform fiscal year was no great handicap ; ;

To achieve this goal of balanced development, communications between the central government and the local communities must be such that the needs and aspirations of the people themselves are effectively taken into account.

Throughout the history of the program, state government expenditures in the aggregate have usually matched or exceeded the Federal expenditures, while local districts all together have spent more than either Federal or state governments.

With the expansion of family formation in the Sixties, a continued substantial rise in expenditures by state and local government units seems to be indicated.

A flood of federal lower court injunctions seriously impeded the processes of local government.

Noting that President Kennedy has handed the Defense Department the major responsibility for the nation's civil defense program, Mr. Hawksley said the federal government would pay half the salary of a full-time local director.

Other steps would be developed after information drifts down to the local level from the federal government.

It declares that Sunday sales licenses provide `` great revenue '' to the local government.

Discussion of minority housing necessarily involves such basic issues as the intensity of one's democratic conviction and religious belief concerning equality of opportunity, the function and limitations of government in the securing of such equality, and the spotlight that world opinion plays upon local incidents of racial agitation and strife.

Following a request by the government of Guinea-Bissau, Angola sent there a contingent of about 300 troops meant to help putting an end to the political-military unrest in that country, and to reorganize the local military forces.

The local government objected to some

This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

Laws are made in a 17-member Legislative Assembly that has all state and local government functions.

The construction boom has raised many environmental concerns and both the local autonomous government and city council are under scrutiny by the European Union.

Angus () is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area.

In 1996, two-tier local government was abolished and Angus was established as one of the replacement single-tier Council Areas.

The municipality Abdera was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 3 former municipalities, that became municipal units:

In 1892 a local board of health and local government district of Abercarn was formed.

* an implementation of the federal CERT program, administered by a local sponsoring agency, which receives Stafford grant funding, and provides standardized training and an implementation framework to community members ;

Because of poorly defined lines of responsibility, administrative conflicts often occur between local and national authorities of Goskompriroda and between Goskompriroda and a second national agency, the Hydrometeorological Administration ( Gidromet ), which is the main monitoring agency for air, water, and soil quality.

Each judge is the guardian of his own principles of ordre public ( public order ) and the parties cannot, by their own act, oust the fundamental principles of the local municipal law which generally underpin areas such as labour law, insurance, competition regulation, agency rules, embargoes, import-export regulations, and securities exchange regulations.

The rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks comprised the local, state and federal agency reaction to the September 11 attacks.

His application was submitted by a local travel agency and processed through Visa Express, a controversial US visa program in Saudi Arabia which was discontinued the following year.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ), also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

combined ridership of approximately 375, 000 one-way trips per day, making it the sixth-busiest local bus agency in the country.

In North American and Australian English, the term frequently implies major roads under the control of a state or provincial agency instead of a local road authority.

The Clark County Sheriff's Department is the local, county-level law enforcement agency serving Clark County, Washington.

The Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 empowered local authorities to maintain workshops for the elderly either directly or via the agency of a voluntary body.

The agency gave $ 2 billion in aid to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations and other businesses.

Although charges of political influence and racial discrimination were levied against RFC activities, the agency made positive contributions and established a federal agency in local communities which provided a reservoir of experienced personnel to implement expanding New Deal programs.

The Oakland Police Department was the local agency on the case.

For example, if a local law enforcement agency is alleged to have engaged in racial profiling it would not be unusual for the case to be resolved by having the local law enforcement agency adopt procedures to be used in traffic stops, with compliance supervised by a federal trial court judge.

Depending on local legislation and regulations, the import or export of some goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the customs agency enforces these rules.

She had intended to become a teacher, but instead began working with an advertising agency, and appeared in local theatrical productions.

Special Districts deliver specific public programs and public facilities to constituents, and are defined as " any agency of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries.

For example, if $ 1, 000 is embezzled from a local agency that has $ 2, 000 funds, it is easier to notice than from a national agency with $ 2, 000, 000 funds.