Stvarna nadležnost kotarskih narodnih odbora

Abstract

Članak obrađuje stvarnu nadležnost kotarskih narodnih odbora u razdoblju od 1945. do 1963. godine. Sukladno općim zakonima o narodnim odborima i zakonima o nadležnosti prvi dio kronološki prati opći status kotarskih narodnih odbora u društvenopolitičkom kontekstu FNRJ i njihovu poziciju u sustavu tijela vlasti. U drugom su djelu razrađeni poslovi kotarskih narodnih odbora po pojedinim upravnim područjima na temelju uvida u arhivsko gradivo i sukladno posebnim zakonima koji reguliraju pojedina upravna područja. Prikaz stvarne nadležnosti trebao bi doprinijeti razumijevanju svrhe i konteksta nastanka gradiva kao pretpostavkama kvalitetnog sređivanja i funkcionalno strukturiranog obavijesnog pomagala kotarskih narodnih odbora i drugih tijela lokalne i regionalne vlasti iz poslijeratnog razdoblja.

Alternate abstract:

The article deals with actual jurisdiction, the sum of all tasks and activities, of the district people’s committees in the period from 1945 to 1963. The first part chronologically follows the general significance of the creators in the socio-political context of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia and their position in the system of government. In the post-war period the district was the basic unit of local government under the control of higher bodies. In the process of decentralization since 1952 the district became a general body of state power of first instance, in which a large number of regulatory, executive and administrative functions was concentrated. With the introduction of the municipal system in 1955, its role was taken over by municipalities. The district retained some first instance jobs, mainly in the domain of interior as well as property and legal affairs, culture, health and social protection. Otherwise, it acted as a body of second instance and as a socio-economic association of municipalities. The second part presents the basic activities of the creators in the administrative domain. General state affairs which formed the basis of the socialist system of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia are presented in more detail and elaborated to specific activities and tasks. Although the paper deals with district people’s committees, the scope of the administrative departments offers a partial insight into the powers of other public authorities that operated in the observed period. The knowledge of the purpose and conditions in which records were created is a presumption of a successful archival arrangement and description and this paper should be viewed in this context. An overview of the actual jurisdiction should facilitate a development of the functionally structured archival list of the district people’s committees and other bodies of local and regional power in the post-war period.