common council
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The common council set speed limits south of Grand and Vesey Streets: no faster than “a slow trot or pace, not exceeding at any time the rate of five miles per hour.”
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010
Now he champions the idea of a new world peace structure in which all nations, big & little, will have a voice at a common council.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Milwaukee, the public safety committee of the city's common council last week began meeting by candlelight.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since most of the municipal jobs are appointive the campaign hinges on the mayoralty and the nine seats on the common council, which is elected at large.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prom that moment the common council ceased, the rule of atamans and the preponderance of the Brotherhood were at an end.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
