The centennial of the New York avenue Presbyterian church : Washington, , 1803-1903 . r the voters in eachward assembled and chose, viva voce, two citizens toserve, one as an elector of the mayor and the other asan elector of members of the select council ; and by thetwo colleges so formed the mayor and eight council-men were duly elected. The president appointed the mayor of this city. Free,white, tax-paying males of full age elected twelve mento form the council, and when these twelve assembledthey elected five of their number to serve as the upperbranch. Over Philadelphia, the chief cit
The centennial of the New York avenue Presbyterian church : Washington, , 1803-1903 . r the voters in eachward assembled and chose, viva voce, two citizens toserve, one as an elector of the mayor and the other asan elector of members of the select council ; and by thetwo colleges so formed the mayor and eight council-men were duly elected. The president appointed the mayor of this city. Free,white, tax-paying males of full age elected twelve mento form the council, and when these twelve assembledthey elected five of their number to serve as the upperbranch. Over Philadelphia, the chief city of the country, pre-sided a mayor, a recorder, and fifteen aldermen, andthe select and common councils. The people electedmembers of the council. But the governor of the stateof Penns3lvania appointed the recorder and the fif-teen aldermen, to hold office during good each year elected one of the aldermen to serveas mayor. In New York were a mayor and recorder appointedby the Council of Appointment, a board composed ofthe governor and four state senators. The people. John X. Campbell, D. D. THE CENTENNIAL EXERCISES. 89 elected the members of the council. Annual!} in Phil-adelphia the voters in each ward elected two persons fitto be constables, one of whom the ma3-or appointed tooffice. In both cities the constables kept the peace and en-forced the ordinances by day, as did the city watch bynight. Any citizen in Philadelphia might be summonedby the constable of his ward to serve on the nightwatch. On refusal, he must pa} a shilling tine. Thepart played by the citizen in municipal affairs was fargreater than at present. Each householder must twicea week, from April to December, sweep the pavementbefore his dwellino;, from the house line to the middleof the street, and gather the dust into heaps, to be re-moved by the city cartman. From December to Aprilno such service was required, and the sole scavengerswere tne hogs, which the law permitted to roam atlarge. T
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