Original sentence: " The City's preferred scheme was "...the creation of separate municipal corporations, ecah consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors... (and) ...the creation of a central body or council composed of representatives from the whole of the metropolis, with tha aldermen added by the several metropolitan municipalities in lieu of the undesirable system of co-optation
Edited sentence: " The City's preferred scheme was "...the creation of separate municipal corporations, each consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors... (and) ...the creation of a central body or council composed of representatives from the whole of the metropolis, with tha aldermen added by the several metropolitan municipalities in lieu of the undesirable system of co-optation