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RefNoKCB/4/7/8/100
AltRefNoCB/4/7/8/100
TitleInformation presented to the Master of the Rolls in the case of the Attorney General v Peed
DescriptionThe information outlines the requirements of the Cambridge Improvement Act, 1788, in particular the provisions for validating or revoking acts made by the Commissioners at public meetings, and the different powers they have for raising finance to fund improvements and pay costs; the amendments made to the act in 1794 relating to the rating of the University; the election of Commissioners; the Borough Funds Act and its provision for applying public funds to pay for the costs and expenses of promoting or opposing bills in parliament; the exemption of certain University properties from rates by the Cambridge Award Act, 1856; details of notices published in the newspapers about the promotion of a bill to readjust relations between the University and town; details of public meetings; an advance to Frederic Barlow of £200 on account of expenses incurred to promote the bill. It explains that the required number of votes by the Commissioners was not reached and so the plan abandoned. A further vote for the promotion of the bill was held at a meeting in Mar 1874 and notices were again issued to the newspapers. A petition was then presented to the House of Lords to dispense with the standing orders and present the bill as a private bill. The information then details the opposition of the informants based on the bill not having been sanctioned or confirmed by an absolute majority of Commissioners, governing body or ratepayers resulting in the expenditure of money raised by rates and tolls on the promotion of the bill as unlawful.
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CreatorNameCambridge Improvement Commissioners
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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