CHAPTER V.
THE CITY.
Need Of .-- A village being one election district has only one polling place.

The community may increase so in numbers as to make it necessary to have several voting places.

For the accommodation of the people, these would naturally be located in different parts of the community; and to prevent fraud, voting precincts would have to be carefully defined.

The council would naturally be made up of representatives from these divisions.
When, under this arrangement, the voters assemble in different parts of the community, they could not listen to financial reports and vote taxes, as they do in the town and the village.

Hence it would be necessary to endow the council with increased powers, including the power to levy taxes without the direct authorization of the people.
The expenses for public improvements, for waterworks, sewers, street-lighting, etc., may take more money than it would be prudent to assess upon the community for immediate payment.