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Alderman [ealdorman, Ang.-Sax., fr. eald, old, ealdor a parent]. Originally the word was synonymous with 'elder,' but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. The word is now confined to the class of municipal officers in a borough next in order to the mayor. The (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 76), which gave aldermen no special duties of any importance, enacted that they should be in number one-third of the number of the councillors, should remain six years in office (being twice the length of the councillors's period of office), and be elected by the councillors, but not necessarily from amongst the councillors; and this enactment is repeated by s. 14 of the (English) Consolidating Act of 1882; but the (English) Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, provides that aldermen shall not vote in the election of an alderman or mayor. As to number, qualification and term of office in boroughs, see (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Ge...
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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....
Corporate Office
Corporate Office, in Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 305, means the office of 'mayor, alderman, councillor, or elective auditor of a borough.'...
Council
Council, an assembly of persons for the purposes of concerting measures of state or municipal policy--hence called councillors.A municipal council, commonly called a town council, consists of the mayor, aldermen, and councillors, the councillors being elected by the ratepayers (women included), and the aldermen being elected by the councillors,the term of office of a councillor being three years, and tht of an alderman six. One-third of the councillors go out every year, and one-half of the aldermen (who always number one-third of the councillors) in every third year. See (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 17-23, which repeal and replace (except as to London) (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 50), ss. 10-14. As to Army Council, county councils, district councils, and parish councils, see those titles....
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