commission1 (komishon)

t. [ His ministers, commi ion'd to proclaim Eternal ble ings in a Saviour's name. Cowper , Elegy, iv. 91. 2. To send with a mandate or authority; send as a commi ion. IMG:content-0886.png:[blocks in formation] commi ion-agent (ko-mish'on - a" jent), n. One who acts as agent for others, and either buys or sells on commi ion. commi ionaire (ko-mish-on-ar'), n. [F. commi ionnaire: see commi ioner.] 1. An at in a warrant of authority; one who has a commi ion or warrant from proper authority to perform some office or execute some busine for the person, court, or government giving the commi ion. Itinerary commi ioners to inspect, throughout the kingdom, into the conduct of men in office. Swift . Another cla of commi ioners, who are strictly political agents, are occasionally sent out without its being thought desirable to define exactly their rank, but they are usually received as ministers. E. Schuyler , American Diplomacy, p. 119. Specifically-(a) In Great Britain, an officer having charge of some department of the public service which is put into commi ion. See to put in commi ion , under com mi ion1, n. (b) A steward or private factor on an estate, who holds a power from his constituent to manage affairs with full authority. 3. A commi ionaire.-4. One of the persons elected to manage the affairs of a police burgh or non-corporate town in Scotland, corresponding to a bailie or town-councilor in a corporate town. - Bankruptcy commi ioner. See bankruptcy. -Board of county commi ioners. See countyl. Charity commi ioner, a member of a body exercising authority over charity foundations, schools, charities in prisons, etc., in England and Wales. - Civil-service Commi ioners. See civil service, under civil. - Commi ioner for the State of, etc., an officer appointed under the law of one State and resident within another State, to take in the latter acknowledgment of deeds to be recorded and oaths and affidavits to be used in the former. [U. S.]Commi ioner of Agriculture, the head of the Department of Agriculture. See department. [U.S.] - Commi ioner of Appeals, a member of a Commi ion of Appeals. See commi ion1. - Commi ioner of Customs, an official of the United States Treasury Department charged with the collection of the customs-revenue and the revision and certification of the revenue and marine accounts. Commi ioner of deeds, an officer appointed to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, etc. - Commi ioner of Education, the head of the Bureau of Education. See education. [U. S.] - Commi ioner of Fish and Fisheries, the chief officer of the United States Commi ion of Fish and Fisheries. - Commi ioner of Labor, an official of the United States government whose duty it is to investigate and report upon matters relating to the laborers and labor-interests of the country. Many of the different States have similar officials. Commi ioner of Railroads, an official of the government of the United States, or of one of the several States, whose duty it is to enforce the laws relating to railroads, report upon their condition, recommend such changes as may be considered nece ary, etc. - Commi ioner of the Circuit Court. See United States Commi ioner, below. - Commi ioner of the General Land Office, the head of the General Land Office. See land. [U. S.] - Commi ioner of the Patent Office, or Commi ioner of Patents, the head of the United States Patent Office. See patent. - Commi ioner of the Pension Office, or Commi ioner of Pensions, the head of the United States Pension Office. See pension. Commi ioners Clauses Act, a British statute of 1847 consolidating or codifying provisions usual in acts constituting boards of commi ioners for the un der taking of public works. - Commi ioners of audit. audit.- Commi ioners of charities and correction, in New York and some other American cities, a board of officers charged with the oversight of the public charitable and penal institutions.- Commi ioners of estimate and a e ment, in American law, officers of a quasi-judicial character, in the nature of arbitrators, appraisers, or referees, appointed in a proceeding to con private property to public uses, for the purpose of estimating the value of land taken for a public im prove ment, and of a e ing the cost of the improvement on the property benefited. - Commi ioners of excise, rope, who performs certain miscellaneous services, such as attending the arrival of railway trains and steamboats to secure customers, looking after luggage, etc.-2. A kind of mes board, who are charged with of dealers intoxicating liquors, and with supervising the enforcement of the laws restricting that trade. - Commi ioners of highways, officers, usually constituting a permanent or continuous board in a town or village, charged with the duty of laying out and maintaining highways, with commi ions. In some European cities (as in London) a corps of commi ionaires has been organized, drawn from the ranks of military pensioners.