Municipal Corporations Act
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Municipal Corporations Act
Municipal Corporations Act, 1835. A corollary to the 1832 parliamentary reform was local government reform. The Act swept away the existing heterogeneous borough constitutions and replaced them by a standard form of councils consisting of mayor, aldermen, and councillors elected by ratepayers. Provision was made for the establishment of the same system in urban areas like Manchester and Birmingham which were without proper municipal institutions.
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