DCHP-3

town council

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the elected municipal officers who administer a town.

Quotations

1863
The town-council consists of five members, one of whom is town-reeve; the town-reeves form the county council; and the presiding officer elected by them is called the warden.
1955
He felt that the nine-man Town Council was carrying the load for all the taxpayers. . . .