Mayor
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MAYOR, officer. The chief or executive magistrate of a city who bears this
title.
2. It is generally his duty to cause the laws of the city to be
enforced, and to superintend inferior officers, such as constables, watchmen
and the like. But the power and authority which mayors possess being given
to them by local regulations, vary in different places.