Religion HP's can now appoint Mayors of the towns they own. The mayor must own/co-own a house in the city and must not be in a religion.
Mayors can (currently):
Set the taxrate - between 0 and 10%, limited to 1 use a month. The max tax a house can be required to pay is still 100.000 as always.
Hire/Fire vendors and guildmasters - done on the stone (under "see guildmasters/vendors"), NPCs are fired by telling them to their face.
Important: vendors/guildmasters expect to get paid once a month now, and will resign if they aren't paid. Mayors, balance that budget!
Guards aren't included for now (as it screws with the siege system), and we have more features coming as soon as possible. Have fun!