Notifications to the City Commissioners from parishes of individuals appointed to the position of collector of rates.
Small number of papers regarding policing under the York Improvement Act
Judges opinions on warrants and the authority of Constables using them
Papers of the York City (Improvement) Commissioners. Includes minutes; general correspondence; election papers; financial papers; records relating to the administration of the general rate; correspondence relating to streets, drainage and lighting; policing papers and legal papers.
City CommissionersPrinted notice of penalties for persons offending against the act. Include handwritten note on back of the notice regarding distribution throughout York
Printed notice of orders
Finance records of the York Improvement Commissioners
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.
Includes bills and receipts for services and goods bought by the City Commissioners under the York Improvement Act.
Bonds, contracts, cases, leases and purchases involving the City Commissioners
Handwritten extracts
Lists parishes in each ward in the City of York
Minutes of various committees established by the York Improvement Act and reporting to the City Commissioners.
Messrs Swann, Clough, Swann, Bland and Swann in account with the York Improvement Committee
Notices and papers relating to the enactment and amendment of the York Improvement Act 1825
Bound, printed copy of the Act. There are some references to the act in pencil in the front of volume.
List of names of Commissioners appointed under the York Improvement Act
Comprises signed and draft minutes of the City Commissioners for lighting, paving, watching and improving the City of York
Formal signed minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners
From the Treasurer to the City Commissioners
Handwritten minutes of various committees reporting to the City Commissioners
Handwritten minutes
Comprises receipts and accounts of expenses for street cleaning and improvements
Draft minutes of meetings of the City Commissioners
Handwritten minutes. Includes report of various committees to the City Commissioners in reverse at back of volume.
Mortgages taken out by City Commissioners on the rate for general purposes
Records relating to the administration of the general rate under the York Improvement Act.
Printed notices concerning the setting and collection of rates
Appeals against the rate for general purposes set by the York Improvement Act. Includes names of individuals appealing and brief description of properties being assessed.
Printed abstracts of accounts of monies received and paid under the York Improvement Act
Comprises receipts and accounts of expenses for street cleaning and improvements
The City Commissioners to Henry Hanson
Comprises receipts and accounts of expenses for street cleaning and improvements
Handwitten booklet of proposed amendments
Memorandum of an agreement between Robert Smithson, Esquire and the City Commissioners
Minutes of meetings including proposed amendments. MISSING as at Jan 2018
Comprises receipts and accounts of expenses for street cleaning and improvements.
Notice to demolish or remove a portion of Christ Church for the purpose of widening the streets. Includes draft copy and one copy with an attached list of where the notice was displayed.
Election notices and notification for election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.
Only the item dated 1837 lists returns for all four wards.
Papers concerning the election of City(Improvement) Commissioners.
Includes oaths to perform duties of the office and oaths of qualification (real estate), as Commissioners were required to own a certain amount of property in order to be eligible 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.
Appeals against the rate for general purposes set by the York Improvement Act. Includes names of individuals appealing and brief description of properties being assessed.
Comprises correspondence, advertisements, petitions, handbills and notices.
Printed hand bills and notices relating to the cleaning and improvement of York's streets under the York Improvement Act.
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.
Handwritten extract
Letter to call meetings for the election of Commissioners
Comprises receipts and accounts of expenses for street cleaning and improvements.
Handwritten minutes with printed standing orders regarding meetings at front of book
Notice to all those willing to contract for the sweeping and cleansing of the streets
For the abatement of nuisance from five of the Commissioners
Copies of administrative letters and notices. Also includes copies of advertisements.
Order for the general cleansing of footpaths in York by the inhabitants
Judicial orders taken against Collectors of rates to enforce the performance of their duties. Includes correspondence and associated papers.
Messrs Swann, Clough, Swann, Bland and Swann in account with the York Improvement Committee
Oaths take by individuals responsible for ensuring payment of collected rates to the Treasurer of the City Commissioners
Order for the general cleansing of footpaths in York by the inhabitants
Printed handbill
Advertisement for scavengers for the four wards of York giving details of salaries. Notice is also given for an election.
Comprises briefs for the Defendants [draft and final copies] and an indictment for not repairing a highway in the parish of St Mary Bishophill, the Elder. City of York Michaelmas Quarter Sessions.
Notice by the Commissioners for any person willing to contract for making a main drain from Goodramgate to the River Ouse
Handwritten minutes
Letters and associated papers concerning street and drainage improvements.
Handwritten minutes. Includes at front of volume 1.handwritten standing orders at front of volume
- abstract of accounts (26 May 1842-25 May 1843)
Regarding a proposed drain from Blake Street to the River Ouse.
Advertisement for contract to scavenge (clean) the streets of York.
Concerning a drain at Toft Green
Conveyance of a house by Elizabeth Peacock of Thorp Arch and others to the City Commissioners
Sarah Simpson, widow of William Simpson farmer of Nidd to the Rev John Gatenby of Newton-on-Ouse
Stating that the report of the committee appointed to view the state of St Leonard's place has been adopted by the Commissioners. Includes a copy of the committee's report.
Acknowledging the taking over responsibility for unpaved roads by the Commissioners, from the Corporation.
Handwritten minutes of various committees reporting to the City Commissioners. Includes two letters pasted into front of the volume concerning a proposal to rename Jubbergate.
Requesting that the enclosed resolution regarding the Bay Horse Public House be forwarded to the Town Council
Contract for purchase of ground from Joseph Buckle by the City Commissioners
Printed notice
Includes:
- Specification of work and materials required in the taking down and rebuilding of the Spotted Dog Inn, St Saviourgate
2.Contract between William Buckle, bricklayer, and the Commissioners for work to take down and rebuild the Spotted Dog Inn
Papers relating to the gas lighting of York's streets
Printed notice of orders