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Reference Numberb496.5 BA9360/A18/18
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/1/19
TitleChamber Order Book
DescriptionHandwritten minutes compiled by Town Clerks and assistants.

This includes reports received from the various other committees and sub-committees, or matters that are to be forwarded to them for discussion. Matters discussed include bills, specifying those to be paid, the work or goods supplied and the amount; rates and audits; accounts and finances; maintenance, repair and improvements to corporation land, property and infrastructure; leases, rent and renewal for corporation properties; cemetery grants; return of lunatics chargeable to the city; resignation, appointment and salaries of council employees, council members and officers; members and duties of the sub-committees; expenses for criminal prosecutions; address to royalty; railways, for example land around The Butts, level crossings and stations; accommodation for the Worcester School of Art and School of Science; petroleum storage and fireworks licenses; rules for council meetings; Hackney carriage licenses; sewerage disposal provisions; death rates and causes; Guildhall reconstruction; legal action by the Tewkesbury Corporation regarding pollution in the River Severn; street widening; diversion of various footpaths; police; proposed hospital for infectious diseases; weighing machines; water main provision; enfranchisement of leasehold properties; Ballot Act 1872; proposed fruit market; various petitions to Parliament; music festival [Three Choirs]; agricultural show; spate of arson attacks in 1875; and the purchase of the music hall.

Some of the reports are printed versions that have been glued in. Those proposing or seconding motions are named. The number of votes for or against is sometimes recorded and less frequently the names are too. Letters received that are discussed at the meetings are copied out in full. Spine is labelled '18'. Cover is damaged around the edges.
Date1872-1875
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