A last category comprises towns from 2000 to 5000 souls, numbering 2160, and forming the last class of urban populations; these, through their mixed character, assimilate to the 1817 communes containing from 1500 to 2000 inhabitants, forming the first category of the rural populations.] [Footnote 4229: Max Leclerc, "La Vie municipale en Prusse," p 17 .-- In Prussia, this directing mind is called "the magistrate," as in our northern and northeastern communes.

In eastern Prussia, the "magistrate" is a collective body; for example, at Berlin, it comprises 34 persons, of which 17 are specialists, paid and engaged for twelve years, and 17 without pay.

In western Prussia, the municipal management consists generally of an individual, the burgomaster, salaried and engaged for twelve years.] [Footnote 4230: Max Leclerc, ibid., p.20.--"The present burgomaster in Bonn was burgomaster at Muenchens-Gladbach, before being called to Bonn.
The present burgomaster of Crefeld came from Silesia....

A lawyer, well known for his works on public law, occupying a government position at Magdeburg," was recently called "to the lucrative position of burgomaster" in the town of Muenster.

At Bonn, a town of 30,000 inhabitants, "everything rests on his shoulders he exercises a great many of the functions which, with us, belong to the prefect."] [Footnote 4231: Max Leclerc, ibid., p.