OSWESTRY STREET COMMISSIONERS

 

 

Under the Act 49 Geo. III c.140 (1809) for ‘Paving, Cleansing, Lighting, Watching and otherwise Improving the Streets and other public Passages and Places in the Town and Borough of Oswestry’ tax-paying residents of the Town and Liberties owning or occupying properties of the yearly value of £30 or having a personal estate of £50, were appointed Commissioners to implement the Act.  The responsibilities of the Commissioners were transferred to the Town Council in Dec. 1861.

 

 

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Minutes.                                                              1 vol.

Sep. 1809-Dec. 1861

 

 

 

 

     Includes annual statements of accounts, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1840 - 1843, and half-yearly statements, Sep. 1844 - Sep. 1861.  At end: mortgages of rates on credit for the purposes of the Act, 1841, 1851; rules and regulations adopted concerning watchmen, 11 Nov. 1828; list of Commissioners.