Abstract
This article aims to assay the relationship between the two main organs responsible for the local authorities construction throughout the First Reign and the beginning of the Regency: the General Councils and Municipal Councils. The Municipal Councils have served as privileged sphere of local government since the colonial period, while the General Councils, determined by the 1824 Constitution, functioned as the main channels of political representation at the provincial level to the Additional Act (1834). Priority will be given here the General Councils and Municipal Councils of São Paulo and Minas Gerais, that choice is not fortuitous. Along with Rio court, Minas Gerais and São Paulo were key pieces in the construction of the political axis that gave support to the idea of a constitutional monarchy based in Rio de Janeiro.
Keywords
General Councils; Municipal Councils; Empire of Brazil