Article Nº 1022 Government body or public service Vol. I · p. 580
Municipal Board
Original title: Conselho Municipal
Municipal councils of top taxpayers attached to each câmara, abolished by the 1878 code.
There was one attached to each municipal council, made up of as many members as there were councillors (vereadores). The members of the municipal council were the electors who paid the largest share of the tithe tax (décima) in the municipality (concelho).
The municipal councils were abolished by the administrative code of 1878.