 The Association also supported the incorporation of the City of Sydney as a municipality, which happened in July 1842 with a broadly based franchise.The colony's 1842 constitution gave to emancipists the same political rights as free settlers, but which was subject to a property test.The right to vote was limited to men with a freehold valued at £200 or a householder paying rent of £20 per year, both very large sums at the time.