일제지배 초기 대만과조선의 지방제도 개편 비교

Abstract

Japan annexed Taiwan in 1895 and established the Japanese Government General of Taiwan and began to reorganize Taiwan’s local administrative system. In 1895, there were three fu (府) and one zhou (州) in Taiwan Province (臺灣省). The three fu and one zhou consisted of 11 xian (縣) and three ting (廳). Reorganized the local administrative system, the Japanese Government General of Taiwan changed three fu and one zhou to three xian and one ting. In 1897, the three xian and one ting were changed to six xian and three ting and 86 bianwushu (辨務署) offices were established under xian and ting. Jie (街), zhuang (庄), and she (社) were placed under bianwushu. Bianwushu office was a new administrative system. As a result, the local system took the form of being connected in three stages. Meanwhile, in 1901, it was decided in Taiwan that the xian system would be canceled and bianwushu would be expanded to 20 ting. Such two-level local administrative system was maintained until 1909. However, with the strengthening of the authority of zhiting (支廳) since 1909, it has effectively returned to a three-level system. Meanwhile, the Japanese Government General of Korea established in 1910 made “Myeon (面) offices” shortly after the Japan-Korea annexation and assigned to myeon key local administration affairs, such as collection of national taxes and family registry maintenance. The Japanese Government General of Korea also implemented the bu system (府制) in 1913. A total of 12 bu was established in old open ports and open cities with a large Japanese population, and bu was made a corporate body, which had a bu council, an advisory organ. The bu system in Korea was similar to the shi system (市制) in Japan in many ways. The Japanese Government General of Korea promoted the myeon system (面制) in 1917, and the Legislation Bureau of the Japanese government rejected the suggestion about making myeon a public agency and corporate body. In the end, myeon was practically recognized as a quasi public agency as it possessed property and operated its own business. Since then, myeon has been able to significantly expand their finances by increasing their own property, running their own businesses, and increasing tax items. A comparison of the local systems of Korea and Taiwan during this period is as follows. First, a three-stage system was introduced in 1897, and a two-stage system was implemented between 1901 and 1909 in Taiwan, but the three-stage system was maintained in Korea. Second, the officials of the Government General of Korea established the bu-system((府制) and the myeon-system(面制) in Korea in the 1910s. However, in the 1910s, officials of the Government General of Taiwan did not push forward with the local system with the characteristics of a corporation or a public organization. Third, in Taiwan, local administration and police administration were integrated and operated. On the other hand, in Korea, it was operated separately, and instead, in addition to the police, the military police also served as a police officer. Fourth, in Taiwan, during the period of the Governor General of Kodama, the ‘paochia system(保甲制),’ which utilized the traditional system, was introduced and became a subsidiary institution for the police and administration. In Korea, there was the ‘5-houses control system(五家作統制)’, but since it did not work properly, the Government General of Korea did not plan to use it.