Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia

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collegial governing body former local governing body

The Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia was the former three-member governing body that administered Washington, D.C. before the adoption of a more modern commissioner-based government structure.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	collegial governing body ⓘ former local governing body ⓘ
administered	executive functions of the District of Columbia government ⓘ local affairs of the District of Columbia ⓘ municipal services in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
characteristic	collective executive leadership ⓘ federally controlled local government ⓘ non-elected governing body ⓘ
composition	three-member board ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolutionCause	reorganization of District of Columbia government structure ⓘ
governanceModel	board of three commissioners ⓘ
governed	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedSeat	city of Washington ⓘ federal capital of the United States ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the District of Columbia government ⓘ
governmentType	appointed board ⓘ
hasCapital	Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEnglishName	Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalRole	primary governing body of Washington, D.C. for much of its history before home rule ⓘ
jurisdictionType	federal district ⓘ
legalForm	public body ⓘ
legalStatus	municipal government ⓘ
legislativeAuthority	limited home-rule powers granted by Congress ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMembers	3 ⓘ
oversaw	implementation of federal policies in the District of Columbia ⓘ
partOf	federal district government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Commissioner of the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ modern commissioner-based government structure ⓘ
replacedByFormOfGovernment	more modern commissioner-based government structure for Washington, D.C. ⓘ
replacedGovernmentForm	earlier forms of federally controlled D.C. government ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	civil administration of the District of Columbia ⓘ health and sanitation in Washington, D.C. ⓘ police and public safety in Washington, D.C. ⓘ public works and infrastructure in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
shortName	D.C. Board of Commissioners NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	illustrates period of limited democratic self-governance in the District of Columbia ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ federal government of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasReplacedAsGovernmentForm	by a single-commissioner system for the District of Columbia ⓘ

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Commissioner of the District of Columbia → replaces → Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia ⓘ