 When a town begins to blossom into a major settlement, constructing a City Hall is an almost mandatory move to ensure that law and order have an adequate presence. Though its primary role is still to serve as a court of law and to collect tax, if it didn’t provide a home to the city’s various civil department, the entire place would probably degenerate into fetid squalor.
當城邑規模進一步擴大，建造市政大廳即被提上議事日程，以便更好維護城邑法律與秩序。儘管市政大廳最初只是由法院和稅所組成，但隨著城邑發展，這個建築逐漸成為各類市政事務集中辦公的場所。 |
Council Chambers 議員會堂
