ABSTRACT
The general rule is that both the mayor and the members of the executive are elected by the town council. The Deputations and Commissions may consist of members of the executive only, of these and members of the town council, or to both elements a sprinkling of outside citizens may be added. In Bavaria the executive consists of the mayors, legal members, civil members, and technical experts, the last-named voting only on matters affecting them. In the executives of most large towns are usually found men of ripe experience, sound business training, shrewd practical judgment, and often of the ample leisure, who bring to official deliberations and decisions the quick judgment and free play of the unofficial mind. The executive is first of all responsible for the due execution of all Imperial and State laws and regulations incumbent on a commune, in which relationship it is quite independent of the town council.
