III. ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DEPARTMENTS
The Head of the Councils of Elders entrusted the Head of the Central Legal
Department with the organisation of all departments and the assessment of
the effectiveness of their activities. He supervises them by means of meetings
with heads of departments on the one hand and, on the other, through written
remarks on the individual departments’ monthly reports. These remarks
are either critical, or they include guidelines for future work.
The organisational structure of departments is mostly uniform. They are
led by departmental heads, who are responsible for the entire activity of their
subordinate departments. In the Central Legal Department, apart from the
head, there is also his deputy. In larger departments, there are also clerks who
are responsible for managing the workloads entrusted to them. The number
of clerks, assistants and shorthand typists employed in individual departments
is proportional to the scope of their activity.
IV. TASKS OF CENTRAL DEPARTMENTS
With the exception of the Department of Administration, which is being
reorganised, all departments have their own detailed bylaws that determine
their tasks and the manner of their performance as well as the organisational
structure.
According to the statutes, the tasks of central departments are as follows:
1. Central Legal Department
a) legal counselling regarding the district’s general legal issues,
b) writing applications and petitions to public institutions,
c) writing memoranda by order of the Head or individual communities,
d) coordination of the activity of legal departments or commissions in
communities,
e) intervention with regard to matters of individual communities,
f) legal assistance in issues related to emigration,
g) intervention in individual matters.
The department performs its tasks by collecting and storing all acts, regulations
and other rules of law, holding conferences with heads of legal departments
in the communities or with community delegates, issuing circular
letters, and counselling for inquirers who demand an intervention with the
authorities.
