44:3 City Councils. – The administration of all the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of any city, and the government thereof, shall be vested in one principal officer called mayor, a board of aldermen, and a common council, and the said mayor and aldermen and common council, in their joint capacity, shall be called the city councils. Source. 1846, 384:2. 1855, 1699:2. GS 40:3. GL 44:3. PS 46:3. PL 50:3. RL 62:3.
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