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
Curley was 25 when the Irish elected him to Boston's 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
The Kingston, N.Y., common council called for bids to equip 15 acres of limestone caves, in which mushrooms are presently grown commercially, as atomic shelters.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were evidently different from the aldermen, and are the original common council of the city.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
