1874
A new city charter increased the radius of the city from one to one and a half miles, reduced the number of wards back to five and created a bi-cameral council of two councilmen from each ward and a second body of three at-large aldermen was established.
The new Fourth ward layout was from Pryor and tracks east on Georgia RR to city limits then north west to West Peachtree and south to origin. Two councilmen would be elected from each ward each year.
| John H. Flynn | 1874 | Julius C. Watkins |
| 1875 | John S. Garmany |
In late 1875, an ordinance passed where each year one councilman would be elected from each ward for a two year term. The first year, 1876 just had one city-wide alderman and a single councilman from each ward and they would be fully staffed two years later.
| Even year elections | Year | Odd year elections |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Samuel Hape | 1876 | none |
| 1877 | Charles K. Maddox | |
| John H. Flynn | 1878 | |
| 1879 | William H. Patterson | |
| Thomas J. Boyd | 1880 | |
| 1881 | Jack W. Johnson | |
| William H. Howell | 1882 |
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