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Excerpt from Annales de l'�cole Libre des Sciences Politiques, 1891, Vol. 6: Recueil Trimestriel, Publi� Avec la Collaboration des Professeurs Et des Anciens �l�ves de l'�cole
La communaut� avait un chef �lu provost, constable, ou reeve. C'est cette fonction qui devint celle du maire, mayor, dans les corporations municipales, du gouverneur dans les compagnies marchandes. A ce chef, d'autres officiers, parfois un comit� com plet, �galement �lus, �taient adjoints pour l'administration. Dans la r�gle, aucune d�cision importante n'�tait prise sans que l'assembl�e g�n�rale e�t �t� consult�e. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
