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MUNICIPALITY

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MUNICIPALITY , a See also:

modern See also:term (derived from See also:Lat. See also:municipium; see below), now used both for a See also:city or See also:town which is organized for self-See also:government under a municipal See also:corporation, and also for the governing See also:body itself. Such a corporation in See also:Great See also:Britain consists of a See also:head as a See also:mayor or See also:provost, and of See also:superior members, as aldermen and councillors, together with the See also:simple corporators, who are represented by the governing body; it acts as a See also:person by its See also:common See also:seal, and has a perpetual See also:succession, with See also:power to hold lands subject to the restrictions of the See also:Mortmain See also:laws; and it can See also:sue or be sued. Where necessary for its See also:primary See also:objects, every corporation has power to make by-laws and to enforce them by penalties, provided they are not unjust or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the objects of the See also:charter or other See also:instrument of See also:foundation. See See also:BOROUGH, See also:COMMUNE, CORPORATION, See also:LOCAL GOVERNMENT, See also:FINANCE, &c., and for details of the functions of the municipal government see the sections under the See also:general headings of the different countries and the sections on the See also:history of these countries.

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