sentences:  The concept of a "freeholder" derives from the state's colonial legal and political history which granted the right to vote provide that a citizen own or otherwise possess sufficient property or assets.In some counties, members of the Board of Chosen Freeholders perform both legislative and executive functions on a commission basis, with each Freeholder assigned responsibility for a department or group of departments.In other counties (Atlantic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Mercer), there is a directly elected county executive who performs the executive functions while the Board of Chosen Freeholders retains a legislative and oversight role.