But the roots go back into English practice copied in VA: In the 18th
century two boroughs - Williamsburg and Norfolk - were independent of their
adjacent counties, and along with the College of William and Mary sent
individual burgesses to the lower house of the General Assembly etc.
Jon Kukla
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