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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E15/Box 2/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/11/3
TitleGeneral Purposes Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Matters discussed include purchase, lease, maintenance, byelaws and prosecutions for breaking them, and access to land and property at Moorsfields, Jews Patch and Pitchcroft; recreation grounds; advertising the city (particularly through pictorial railway adverts); agricultural shows; proposed changes to Kings/Cathedral School allowances; various other city charities; train services through Worcester; Severn Fishery Board, the leasing of fishing rights and the restrictions on salmon fishing; proposed Birmingham Ship Canal; pleasure boat byelaws; telegram and telephone communications in the city; coronation celebrations for Edward VII; planned railway bridge over the River Severn; contributions to the Gloucester Harbour Board; maintenance and repairs to the Grandstand; proposed rifle range and rifle head quarters drill hall; various pieces of national legislation affecting the council and city; coal supply; proposed acquisition of the Commandery and Fort Royal Hill; city boundary extension; appointment and reports of sub-committees; proposed establishment of cavalry barracks in Worcester; and various acts affecting workers or trades.

Motions carried unanimously or lost are stated as such. With index in the front of the volume. Cover scuffed and foxed.
Date1900-1908
Related MaterialMicrofilm copy at 949.65
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