sentences:  These "bakufu"-appointed officers served in a unique role, which was an amalgam of chief of police, judge, and mayor.The "machi-bugyō" were expected to manage a full range of administrative and judicial responsibilities.The "machi-bugyō" was expected to be involved in tax collection, policing, and firefighting; and at the same time, the "machi-bugyō" needed to play a number of judicial roles – hearing and deciding both ordinary civil cases and criminal cases.