For purposes of local government the city of Hull is entirely, and the towns of Beverley, Bridlington, and Hedon are partly, outside the East Riding. Hull ranks as a COUNTY BOROUGH, its full title being the ‘City and County of Kingston-upon-Hull,’ and it is governed by a Corporation, consisting of a Mayor, sixteen Aldermen, forty-eight Councillors, a Recorder, and a Sheriff. Beverley, Bridlington, and Hedon rank as MUNICIPAL BOROUGHS. That is equal to saying that at some time or other each has received from the reigning Sovereign a charter granting it the right to rule its own affairs. Each Municipal Borough has a Mayor for its chief townsman. In addition to their Mayors, Beverley and Bridlington have each six Aldermen and eighteen Councillors, while Hedon is governed by its Mayor, three Aldermen, and nine Councillors. For the election of Councillors Bridlington is divided into three wards—Bridlington Ward, Quay Ward, and Hilderthorpe Ward—and Beverley into two. The latter are named respectively Minster Ward and St. Mary’s Ward. * * * * * The work to be got through by a County Council or a Town Council is so large in amount that the members would not be able to carry out their duties satisfactorily if they did not arrange themselves in groups or _Committees_, each of which can undertake one kind of work. Often these Committees are again arranged in _Sub-Committees_. [Illustration: THE HEDON MACE—THE OLDEST CIVIC MACE IN ENGLAND.[72] ] Footnote 72: This mace dates from the reign of Henry VI. In the enlarged portion are shown the _lions_ of England quartered with the _fleur-de-lis_ of France. Thus the sixty-nine members of the East Riding County Council arrange themselves in the following nine groups, each of which has its Chairman and Deputy Chairman:— 1. Finance Committee. 2. Highways and Bridges Committee. 3. Asylum Committee. 4. Cattle Plague Committee. 5. General Purposes Committee. 6. Public Health Committee. 7. Small Holdings Committee. 8. Education Committee. 9. Old-Age Pensions Committee. Each Committee conducts the affairs entrusted to it, and makes reports to the whole Council at stated intervals. The _Finance Committee_ examines and recommends for payment all bills and accounts; it also has the management and control of all County Council buildings.