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municipal council Hist. 
the governing body of a municipality such as a township or district.
- 1842 We may here promise, that we at first viewed the establishment of these local Municipal Councils, (or what some individuals have termed "Rural Parliaments") with no small degree of doubtfulness as to their well working in this country, where the population is composed of such materials as we have.
- 1882 The idea of enacting a law enpowering municipal councils to levy rates in aid of free public libraries is not a new one.
- 1958 Mr. Barnes was a member of the Municipal Council in 1909.
- 1842 We may here promise, that we at first viewed the establishment of these local Municipal Councils, (or what some individuals have termed "Rural Parliaments") with no small degree of doubtfulness as to their well working in this country, where the population is composed of such materials as we have.