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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E15/Box 1/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/11/1
TitleGeneral Purposes Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the General Purpose Committee. Matters discussed include the extension of the city boundary, including consultation with interested parties; prisons and criminal (vice) law bills; Parliamentary and Municipal Registration; valuation of property; Henwick Station; purchase and leasing of land at Pitchcroft, the public's access rights, and scheduleof landownership; Bath & West of England Society's Show; legislation concerning eligability to vote and polling hours in local elections; refreshments at council meetings; bills to be paid; British Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Association for the Promotion of Social Sciences; existing and proposed railways and maintenance of infrastructure; Worcester Municipal charities; representation at various exhibitions and festivals inside and outside Worcester; purchase of land and buildings; playground in St Johns; Post and Inland Revenue offices; Assize Circuits; public park; Claines sewerage, particularly regarding private streets; Prince and Princess of Wales' visit 1884; legislation concerning canals, rivers and flooding; appointment of sub-committees; letter deliveries on Sundays; dissolution of Claines and compensation awarded; arrangements for the Colonial and Indian exhibition visitors to the city, 1886; Agricultural Societies from surrounding counties; public footpaths; Queen's Jubilee 1887; income tax; improvement of the River Severn; amalgamation of the Cathedral and Royal Free Grammar Schools; railway rates; local charities; and pleasure boat byelaws.

Motions carried unanimously are stated as such. With index in the front of the volume.
Date1876-1891
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