Miscellaneous papers of the Burgh of Maryhill
- Reference:GB 243 H-MAR5/59
- Dates of Creation:1856 - 1885
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 bundle Manuscript
Scope and Content
The bundle includes replies to circular letter on location of weighing machine, 1885; motion on amalgamation of county and burgh police; certificate by Medical Officer of Health on smell from Possil burn, 1869; request for lighting in the dead house for post mortems, 1873; copies of minutes of early meetings of the Commissioners, 1856, 1859; specification for alterations to Walker Street and Whitelaw Street and list of proprietors 1857-1862; building application by Glasgow Lead and Colour Works, McAlpine Street; complaint against a soldier in the barracks for assault, 1877; list of tenders for work on Burgh Buildings, 1876; report by Commissioners of Supply on compilation of valuation roll, 1879; heavily annotated precognition by J M Taylor, Clerk to the Commissioners, on the Glasgow and District Tramways; notice from the Board of Supervision on precautions against cholera and treatment of diarrhoea and cholera, 1884; statement by David Day, ex-Inspector of Police, in his complaint against Captain Anderson, 1875; statement showing comparative population statistics, 1884; abstract of tenders to clean the burgh, 1883; accounts for forming sewer on Kelvinside estate, 1878; Burgh of Maryhill estimate of income and expenditure, 1879-80, 1880-81; estimates of cost of sewers, 1879; nomination of Robert Stirrat as Commissioners; employment contract of Daniel Anderson, superintendent, 1875; complaint against an omnibus driver and subsequent treatment by police, 1872; report on paint fumes from Swan & Aitkens Works, 1875; claim against sewer rates by Lochburn Magdalene Asylum and Lochburn Reformatory for Girls, 1880; draft return to the Board of Supervision for loan to erect hospital, 1879; and minutes on hospital accommodation, 1873.
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From same box as H-MAR/5/43-45.
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