Report on the City of Bath by the Municipal Corporations Commission (2 vols.)

Reference Number: PP/2828
Level of Description: Item
Title: Report on the City of Bath by the Municipal Corporations Commission (2 vols.)
Creator(s) & Administrative History: James & Luke. G. Hansard and Sons (printers): Publisher

London

Lincoln's Inn Fields
Date: 1835
Description: Describes the following aspects of local government as it related to the City of Bath just before the introduction of the Municipal Corporations Act in 1835: city bounderies, charters, local elections, council officers, courts(including court of Quarter Sessions, Court of Record, Court Leet and Court of Requests), the city gaol, police, patronage and revenue.

Also contains the following document: Report of the Commissioners of Corporation Reform for the City of Bath with an appendix, containing observations and notes connected therewith. Dated 1835 printed by T. Corbould of 13, Northgate Street, Bath
Subject: Borough courts
City Councils
Local elections
Local government
Local government personnel
Municipal Corporations Act 1835 c76
Police
Prisons
Revenue