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Definition of Councilmen
1. councilman [n] - See also: councilman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Councilmen
Literary usage of Councilmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1887)
"Common councilmen. Philadelphia, and had full power to award process, bind to
the peace, or commit to prison, not only in all cases arising within the city, ..."
2. Local Government in Canada: An Historical Study by John George Bourinot (1886)
"The important distinction between them and the Common councilmen was the ...
councilmen. The councilmen held office for life, and did not represent any ward ..."
3. The City Government of Philadelphia by Edward Pease Allinson, Boies Penrose (1886)
"The important distinction between them and the Common councilmen was the ...
councilmen. The councilmen held office for life, and did not represent any ward ..."
4. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"Except that at the first election in municipalities where the council is elected
at large, and having three councilmen, the candidates having the two ..."
5. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1897)
"In August Governor Mason ordered an election for six councilmen, who in conjuction
with the alcalde were to constitute the town authorities until the end of ..."
6. The Republic of New Haven: A History of Municipal Evolution by Charles Herbert Levermore (1886)
"THE BOARD OF councilmen. Why is it that, in city and nation alike, ... The great
majority of New Haven's councilmen undoubtedly desire to promote the city's ..."
7. Dutch Village Communities on the Hudson River by Irving Elting (1886)
"THE BOARD OF councilmen. Why is it that, in city and nation alike, ... The great
majority of New Haven's councilmen undoubtedly desire to promote the city's ..."
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