Identity area
Type of entity
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- Finance Committee; 1836-1960
Other form(s) of name
- Finance and General Purposes Committee (1960-1971)
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Founded 1836, at a meeting of full council on 8th February 1836 "for managing the property and finances of the Corporation". Before this time the General Committee covered financial matters. The committee name was changed in 1960 to better reflect its wider function.
Function carried out previously within the General Committee. Changed name to Finance and General Purposes Committee in 1960
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Originally dealt with city finance (including rents and salaries) in detail but by the early twentieth century it signed off the estimates and expediture of other committees. It was also a general purpose committee, covering other topics such as licensing and issues not covered by existing committees.
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Founded 1836, at a meeting of full council on 8th February 1836 "for managing the property and finances of the Corporation". Before this time the General Committee covered financial matters. The committee name was changed in 1960 to better reflect its wider function.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa
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JBM How York Governs Itself, BC 10/1