Slocum made his reconnaissanace the next morning, found the town empty, accepted the surrender of the mayor and occupied the city a little before noon.

New Orleans had a notorious red-light district extending over twenty-eight city blocks, and the business-minded mayor of the city journeyed to Washington to present the case for `` the God-given right of men to be men ''.

The mayor put the city under the municipal equivalent of martial law and declared a curfew.

At his return from Ethiopia, he married Virginie Vincent de Saint Bonnet in 1848, and settled in Hendaye where he purchased 250ha to build his castle, and became the mayor of the city from 1871 to 1875.

The city is governed by a " strong " mayor system who appoints two council members and / or city residents to serve at the mayor's pleasure on the board of public works and safety.

Local businesses again wanted relief, historians sought a reuniting of the waterfront with the city, and nearby residents desired removal of the matte green-painted elevated road, which mayor Thomas Menino called Boston's " other Green Monster ".

The king and his mayor then turned to besiege their other rival in the city and took it and the treasury, and received the recognition of both Chilperic as king and Ragenfrid as mayor.

The city's former mayor, Darwin Hindman, is largely in favor of a non-motorized transportation system, and can often be seen riding his bicycle around the city.

In 1983, Harold Washington became the first black mayor of the city of Chicago.

In 1969, he became the first African American since the Reconstruction era to have been elected as mayor in a Mississippi city, Fayette in Jefferson County.

, city government consists of mayor Bill Gluba and a ten-person council.

The mayor is top elected individual for the city.

The city administrator, currently Craig Malin, is appointed by the mayor with confirmation by two-thirds of the council.

Parker was a resident of Davenport and one of six trustees elected to govern the city with Rodolphus Bennet being the first mayor.

The charter was amended again in 1851 to expand the city area, provide greater detail of the duties of the mayor, city council, and other officials.

After 1900, each mayor brought new agendas for city improvement.

The pan-blue coalition captured 16 of 23 county and city government offices under the leadership of popular Taipei mayor and KMT Party Chairman Ma Ying-jeou.

During the political opening after the military regime, the people elected the city's first woman mayor, Maria Luíza Fontenele, and had the first city hall commanded by a left-wing party.

Returning to the Hôtel de Ville ( city hall ), the mob accused the prévôt des marchands ( roughly, mayor ) Jacques de Flesselles of treachery and butchered him.

He secured his place in history as a tough-minded reform mayor who helped clean out corruption, bring in gifted experts, and fix upon the city a broad sense of responsibility for its own citizens.

To obtain large-scale federal money the mayor became a close partner of Roosevelt and New Deal agencies such as CWA, PWA and WPA, which poured $ 1. 1 billion into the city from 1934 – 39.

The mayor presides over and is a voting member of the council.

Each borough is governed by a borough council ( Bezirksamt ) consisting of five councilors ( Bezirksstadträte ) and a borough mayor ( Bezirksbürgermeister ).

The mayor presides over the council and casts a vote on issues only in the event of a tie.

Borough status entitles the council chairman to bear the title of mayor.

During his time as mayor, the council undertook action to tackle slum landlords who charged high rents but refused to spend money on keeping their property in habitable condition.

In 1964, the first elections were held for a community council, and in 1979 for the first mayor.

Cologne's city council and the Prussian parliament had been dissolved ; on 4 April 1933, he was officially dismissed as mayor and his bank accounts frozen.

Each union council comprised thirteen members elected from specified electorates: four men and two women elected directly by the general population ; two men and two women elected by peasants and workers ; one member for minority communities ; two members are elected jointly as the union mayor ( nazim ) and deputy union mayor ( naib nazim ).

Lansing is administered under a mayor-council government, more specifically a " strong mayor " setup in which the mayor holds most of the city's administrative powers, such as appointment of department heads and drafting and administering a city budget, though the council must approve his / her actions.

Mecca is governed by the Municipality of Mecca, a municipal council of fourteen locally elected members headed by a mayor ( called an Amin ) appointed by the Saudi Government.

This is due to the new policy of city mayor Ivo Opstelten and the town council.

Headed by a Chinese mayor and municipal council, the new city governments first task was to create a new city-center in Jiangwan town of Yangpu district, outside the boundaries of the foreign concessions.

The position of mayor in the city of Berkeley is largely a symbolic post, carrying no more power than other council members.

Positions held varied greatly, from mayor to city council, school board to sanitation district.

These have their own mayor and council, and sometimes are known as Mini-Bashki ( Mini-Municipality ).

Its structure is like that of the state and national governments, with an elected mayor as chief of the executive branch and an elected council that represents the various neighborhoods forming the legislative branch.

The mayor appoints heads of city departments and other officials, sometimes with the approval of the council.

Wrocław is currently governed by the city's mayor and a municipal legislature known as the city council.

The boroughs are governed by a president and a borough council, elected contextually to the city mayor.

Andreas Christou, an AKEL member, was reelected mayor of Limassol in December 2011 to serve his second five-year term.

Upon entering Oradour-sur-Glane, Sturmbannführer Diekmann had received orders from his regimental commander, Standartenführer Stadler, to only have the mayor of the town name thirty people who could serve as hostages in exchange for Sturmbannführer Kämpfe ; however, Diekmann instead ordered the population exterminated and the village burned to the ground.

Plainfield is governed under a Special Charter granted by the New Jersey Legislature by a mayor and a seven-member City Council, all of whom serve four-year terms in office.

The council consists of a mayor and six councilors, all of whom are elected at-large and serve four-year terms.

Barbara Bilger, the township's third female mayor in 2002 and 2004, was also the first woman to serve two terms as the township's mayor.

Mayor Bilger is the first Republican woman to serve as a Township Commissioner and as mayor.

At the Annual Council Meeting, a ceremonial mayor is elected to serve for a year.

At the same time, it elects a deputy mayor to serve alongside the mayor.

The mayor serves as the full time city executive while council members serve part time.

The charter may also provide for an acting mayor to serve in the event that the incumbent mayor is determined to be too disabled to continue to perform the duties of the office, either for a temporary period or permanently.

Mayor Tyrus L. Waters is the seventh mayor to serve since the city, then a town, was incorporated on April 30, 1965.

) Cooper, who would serve 2 terms as Prichard's mayor, and would eventually serve in the administration of President Bill Clinton.

The mayor and council serve on a part-time basis.

Commissioners are elected to either four-year or two-year terms, one is appointed to serve as mayor, and another to serve as mayor pro-tem.

In November 2011, the city council elected Sue Sorenson as mayor and elected Joleen Jameson to serve as vice mayor.