The status of Harper was changed in 1923 from a city to a commonwealth district, replacing the mayor and council with an administrative board, appointed by the national government, to include a police superintendent, sanitation director, director of public works and headed by a commissioner.
In 1927, another local street was closed; this time it was a portion of McGill Street between Marsh Street and a mangrove swamp.
Daubeny Cooper and Company was incorporated in 1931, with the following proprietors: Daubeny Bartholemew Cooper, Sr.; E. J. Cooper, E. J. L. Cooper, D. B. Cooper, Jr., A. E. G. Cooper and M. O. E. Cooper.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1923-24, pp. 28-31; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1927-28, p. 6; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1931, pp. 28-29.
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