Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Atlanta's Ward System were a series of political divisions used by the city of Atlanta from early in its founding until switching to a district system in 1954. The 1848 charter only specified election of six city-wide councilmembers, but on January 9, 1854, an ordinance was adopted that divided the town into five wards and two councilmen from each ward would be elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall. The next election with the new rules on January 15, 1855, decided those first Ward bosses who would serve with the short-term mayor, Allison Nelson.