History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 (Volume 3) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA.CHAPTER XLII.THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF PHILADELPHIA.City Departments—Duties of MuDicipal Officers—Condition of the City Government—Civil Lists—Statistical Information, etc.Before the 2d day of February, 1854, the territory of the county of Philadelphia was under the control of various municipal corporations, to wit: the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia, the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Southwark, the commissioners and inhabitants of the incorporated district of the Northern Liberties, the commissioners and inhabitants of the Kensington District, the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Spring Garden, the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Moyamensing, the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Penn, the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Richmond, the districts of West Philadelphia and Belmont, of the boroughs of Manayunk, Germantown, Frankford, White Hall, Bridesburg, and Aramingo, and of the townships of Passyunk, Kingsessing, Blockley, Roxborough, Germantown, Bristol, Oxford, Lower Dublin, More-land, Byberry, Northern Liberties, and Delaware, and Penn. On that day the Governor of Pennsylvania approved an act consolidating the aforesaid corporations, and changing the corporate name of the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia to " The City of Philadelphia," the boundaries of its territory being those of the county of Philadelphia. This act is known as the " Consolidation Act," and divides the city into wards, but continues the county of Philadelphia as one of the counties of the commonwealth, the same territory thus having a dual name, the county of Philadelphia and the city of Philadelphia.The Legislative Power, and Councils.—The legislative powers of the city are vested in two bodies, called the Select and the Common Council; the Select Council consists of one member from each ward, who must have attained the age of twenty-five years, and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State four years next before his election, and the last year ....