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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/E1/Box 1/1 - 2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/34/1
TitleWatch Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Volume 1 covers 1836 - 1848, volume 2 covers 1848 - 1860.
Matters discussed include: appointment, transfer and resignation of police constables; uniforms; provision and lighting of gas street lamps; rules and regulations; complaints against police constables; bills; station houses; quarterly reports; provision of arms for police; vagrancy, gambling, workhouse etc; amalgamation of city and county forces; communications from welfare societies e.g. Society for Suppressing Chimney Sweeping by Climbing boys and the Mendicity Society. With lists of committee members at the front of the volume.
Date1836-1860
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