Borough Council

Borough Council, the body representing the bur-gesses of a municipal corporation by virtue of the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, and consisting of a mayor, alderman, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the burgesses, and the mayor and aldermen by the council. The councillors are elected for three years, one-third of their number going out annually. The aldermen are elected for six years, one half going out every third year. The mayor is elected for one year. The (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), has consolidated and amended the relevant sections of the 1882 Act, see ss. 17, et seq., of the 1933 Act; but it does not apply to London.