Suspension of office after the overthrow of the welfare committee . The municipality of Paris was set up in twelve decentralized municipal administrations, the supervision of which was entrusted to the state-appointed Prefect of the Seine ( Préfet de la Seine ). Only after the February Revolution of 1848 could the city's citizens elect their own mayor again.
The office was suspended after the June uprising in 1848, the city administration was again subordinated to the Prefect of the Seine. After the fall of Emperor Napoléon III. a mayor was reappointed by the Provisional Government.