Though commissioners in years past have sought federal help to pay for individual programs, Mr. Kelly's request is unusual in that he is asking Washington to pay for overtime designated for a specific purpose: counterterrorism.

Four incumbent commissioners are seeking re-election: three from Vision Vancouver and one from the Green Party of Vancouver.

Neither the National Basketball Association nor the commissioner of Major League Baseball sought the help of investment bankers in their recent negotiations for television contracts, spokesmen for the two groups said.

The 30 commissioners sought subscribers from Columbia, South Carolina, and all the surrounding counties.

The commissioner sought to have an appellate court suspend the restraining order while his appeal was heard, but a three-judge panel said it did not have jurisdiction and rejected the motion.

But these weeks were a watershed in which the commissioners survived intense criticism and sought to forge a consensus on proposals that would be acceptable to voters in a referendum this fall.

The funds used in and accruing from these transactions were debited and credited to accounts of the taxpayer bank with overseas banks and it was the profits from these transactions which the commissioner sought to tax.

The commissioners refused, and sought unsuccessfully to engage Talleyrand in formal negotiations.

Some planning commissioners may yet seek to leave their imprint on it as well.

The commissioner, asked to act, sought the views of all the clubs.