Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the municipal corporations in Ireland: first report

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58 SUMMARY. 

Titles to Freedom. 

Number of Boroughs in which 

they respectively exist. 

Corporators Population. 
Total Number. 

Where the Number of Corporators is not stated. 

Where the Number of Corporators is stated. 

Birth, marriage, servitude, and election Birth, marriage, servitude, but subject to"! 

arbitrary rejection by either aldermen) or common council ; and election .J 
" New Rules" and statute, and election , 

1 1 1 1 8 I 1 

{ V 

1 1 1 1 7 

1 1 

217 524 no 2,665 3,230 4,000 1,770 

9,917 10,673 3,282 100,716 162,793 19,620 204,155 33,120 14 1 13 12,516 544,276 

GOVERNING BODY. 

Formation of the Governing Bodies. 

Self-elected governing classes Self-elected councils , Self-elected class, chosen from a council elected by the whole body of the corporation Councils chosen by the whole body of the corporation . 
. 
Councils, partly self elected, partly chosen by the whole body, or by incorporated guilds (in two) Partly nominated by patron, partly chosen by the corporation Nominated by the sovereign, who is elected by the corporation 

The entire corporation, including freemen, govern in 

Particulars not stated in 

Number of Boroughs. 

40 6 

57 9 66 5 71 

Numbers in the Governing Bodies. 

491 267 13 100 271 6 13 1,161 

Number of Corporators. 

751 3,582 217 3,641 4,489 

5S 16 12,754 

251 13,005 

In 14 there are 2 classes in the select governing bodies, besides the annual officers. 

CORPORATE OFFICERS. 

Mayor. 
The Mayor, or other head of the corporation is elected by The self-elected governing body, from their own body 

„ „ out of a class nominated by them The nomination of the " Patron," from three selected by the self-

elected governing body from their own body The commonalty, from the self-elected governing body 

„ from three nominated by the self-elected governing 

body ....... 

„ from five taken by lot out of a class chosen by the 

commonalty out of persons nominated by cer¬ tain corporate officers .... 

„ from the commonalty ..... 
„ from a class chosen by the commonalty „ from three previously chosen by the commonalty 

from themselves ..... 
One portion of the governing body, from themselves, subject to the 

approval of the other portion ...... 

Not stated in 

Boroughs. 
in 35 

1 11 

1 7 2 1 1 68 3 71