Senate declares that within each town of the Empire, the electorate shall elect a town council, from which a Mayor will be chosen to lead it. That council will responsible for undertaking necessary public services, including at least:

The maintaining of the roads within the town.
The educating of the children within the town.
The removal of the refuse in the town.
The maintaining of the drainage within the town.
The supply of clean fresh water throughout the town.
The provision of adequate lighting in the public places of the town.
The operating of a public bathhouse within the town.
The maintenance of public buildings within the town.
The extinguishing of unwanted fires within the town.
The maintenance of a Magistrates courthouse in the town.
The care of wards of state in the town.

The town council is declared to be a state body, entitled to levy a proportionate fee upon the owners of all buildings within the town, to meet the costs of the council's duties.

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