General Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

General Committee

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    • General Committee; 1805-1835

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1805-1835

      History

      Appointed by a meeting of full council on 22nd Feb 1805. It is unclear without further research whether the gaps in the records represent lost volumes or inactivity. The Finance Commmittee established in 1836 may have been its indirect successor.
      The Finance Commmittee established in 1836 may have been it's indirect successor.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      Established as an oversight commmittee for the general business of the Corporation. It was charged to "view, inspect and inquire into the whole property and rights of this Corporation the state and condition...incroachments...and probable improvements... also to examine the Corporation accounts... and to report their opinion to either house upon the foregoing subjects"

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      General context

      Appointed by a meeting of full council on 22nd Feb 1805. It is unclear without further research whether the gaps in the records represent lost volumes or inactivity. The Finance Commmittee established in 1836 may have been its indirect successor.

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      GB0192-57

      Institution identifier

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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          Sources

          BC 1, B 47

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