Buchanan was first incorporated as a city in 1860. Ten years later the national legislature set apart a piece of land in the city to be known as Court House Square.
In 1873, the city charter was repealed in response to petitions from residents against oppressive taxation and unconstitutional conduct by city officials. The charter would not be revived until 1880.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1873, pp. 13-14.; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1880, p. 4; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1860, p. 68-70; 1860, p. 76; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1870, pp. 14-15.
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