A treatise on municipal rights [electronic resource] : commencing with a summary account of the origin and progress of society and government, and comprising a concise view of the state thereof, from the earliest period of British history, to the institution of corporations in general, and that of the City of London in particular : with an account of the ancient modes of electing the mayors and sheriffs of London, and the representatives in Parliament, and various other matters relating to the Court of Common Council, and the livery, connected with the public rights of the citizens of London, and applicable to present state of the times / by William Payne.