THE DIRECTIONS OF THE ACTIVITY DUMA OF DONBASS ON EXAMPLE BAKHMUT'S 1866-1916

The legal basis of creation and activities of the Bakhmut City Council are examined. Bakhmut was the center of the county's largest Ekaterinoslav province, occupied half of the current Donetsk region: the election of deputies of the Duma vowels, terms of office, the requirements for candidates for the post of Head and vowels, the order of the election. The function of the representative body, the Duma and the regulatory authority, justices are analyzed. The tax base of the population, commerce and industry, the role of fair trade, ways of filling the local budget expenditure at different times, supervise the implementation of the budget are studied.