The lower house was elective, the upper house, or council, was appointive.

This was one of the most important appointive offices in the State Administration.

Thornton, a Democrat, held a variety of elected and appointive positions in Arkansas.

The position made him head of police force with appointive powers.

The courts were reorganized on the old basis, and the judges were left appointive.

Judy, the father, returned to Cass county after the war as the appointive sheriff.

Early appointive officers in New York and Pennsylvania, b.

Even the men in the appointive offices did not venture to say he had much force.

Should the licensing authorities be appointive or elective?

For example, both the appointive and the treaty-making powers of the President are shared by the Senate.

Its membership was appointive, elective, hereditary, and even purchasable, but the form did not affect the substance.

In order to reduce the length of the ballot, the appointive power of the mayor is being increased.

With one necessary exception all offices are appointive and the tenure of all except that is the same.

Each party, upon coming into power, habitually turned out appointive officials placed in office by the opposition party.

Then we shall have the undemocratic farce of an appointive Premier all over again-forthe third time in three years.

Elective and appointive judges