The Communes have their communal councils, under the control of the burgomasters.

"I have a message to deliver to the members of the Communal Council," said the officer politely.

The Danish women received the full franchise in 1915, but in aristocratic Sweden only the women paying income taxes have rights in the communal councils.

In the Vaud, where all the householders continue to take part in the deliberations of their elected communal councils, the communal spirit is especially alive.

A thousand representatives were put into the Communal Council instead of 400; 100 men entered the signoria instead of 80.

This system was maintained till after the revolution of 1830, when elected communal councils were reintroduced under the law of 1787.