Formal signed minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners
Draft minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners
Minutes of various committees established by the York Improvement Act and reporting to the City Commissioners.
Election notices and notification for election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.
Includes nomination lists and voting returns for the election of Commissioners in all four wards (Monk, Walmgate, Micklegate and Bootham). Nomination lists may include the names of those qualified to vote for Commissioners as well as the names of individuals nominated for election.
Comprises loose printed and handwritten oaths of elected Commissioners. Includes oaths to perform duties; oaths of qualification (real estate); and a small number of refusals to act. Each oath records the name of the relevant commissioner and witnesses.
Bank books of the York Improvement Committee.
Receipts and accounts of expenses incurred by the surveyors for the City Commissioners under the York Improvement Act. Includes details of scavengers' wages.
Letters and associated papers concerning street and drainage improvements.
Petitions regarding drainage, paving and highways
Printed hand bills and notices relating to the cleaning and improvement of York's streets under the York Improvement Act.
Papers relating to the gas lighting of York's streets