2  Local  Government,  English  Citizen  Series,  p.  73.
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was  left  entirely  to  the  option  of  a  town  whether  it  became  a
city  or  a  borough.1  The  law  now  requires  a  town  to  have
ten  thousand  inhabitants  before  receiving  the  dignity  of  a
city,  which,  under  the  present  municipal  system  of  requiring
two  councils  in  every  city,  is  a  wise  provision.  It  is  doubt-
ful whether  the  bi-cameral  system  is  of  real  advantage  even  to
large  cities,  and  it  is  much  less  necessary  to  small  ones,  where
the  simpler  organization  of  the  borough  is  all  sufficient.
