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Expand 1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation1 - Records of the Unreformed Cambridge Corporation
Expand 2 - Municipal Corporation 1835-19742 - Municipal Corporation 1835-1974
Collapse 4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners4 - Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 1 - Minute books of General Meetings of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners 1 - Minute books of General Meetings of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 2 - Draft minute books and agenda 2 - Draft minute books and agenda
Expand 3 - Committee minutes, report books and papers3 - Committee minutes, report books and papers
Expand 4 - Commissioners qualification books4 - Commissioners qualification books
Expand 5 - Treasurer's records5 - Treasurer's records
Expand 6 - Clerks' letter books6 - Clerks' letter books
Expand 7 - Parliamentary Acts and Bills7 - Parliamentary Acts and Bills
Collapse 8 - Clerk's legal papers 8 - Clerk's legal papers
Expand 1 - CIC versus Downing College1 - CIC versus Downing College
2 - Draft of the special verdict in Rex versus Cambridge Corporation
Expand 3 - Cases for the opinion on rating of King's College and Corpus Christi College 3 - Cases for the opinion on rating of King's College and Corpus Christi College
4 - Case for opinion of Mr Walters relating to what powers the Improvement Commissioners have to borrow money
5 - Copy of case for the opinion of Mr Fitz Roy Kelly relating to raising and application of additional rates
6 - Amended draft case for the opinion of Sir WW Follett and Mr Starkie relating to the Improvement Commissioners ability to raise finance
7 - Draft rates assement for Cambridge under acts for paving, cleansing and lighting
8 - Case for the opinion of Mr Henry Stephen relating to market stall regulations
9 - Copy of case of Ward v Stevenson heard at the Queen's Bench
10 - Case for opinion of Mr Cowling as to whether commissioners may cleanse and water the streets
11 - Case for opinion of Mr Cowling relating to liability for repairs to Emmauel Lane
12 - Case for opinion of Mr O'Malley relating to whether the Improvement Commissioners are justified in paying for maintenance and repair of public pumps from their rate
13 - Draft case about repair of pumps for use in street cleaning
14 - Case for the joint opinion of Mr Watson and Mr Bramwell on the case for tolls required from the Newmarket Railway Co by the Commissioners heard at the Queen's bench
15 - Case for the opinion of Mr Keane on liability of the Commissioners to pay damages to Mr Gray for a horse and cart accident resulting from subsidence in Coronation Street
Expand 16 - Case for the opinion of Mr RE Webster relating to the liability or exemption of the Corporation to pay the general district rate raised under the Public Health Act, and the Improvement rate16 - Case for the opinion of Mr RE Webster relating to the liability or exemption of the Corporation to pay the general district rate raised under the Public Health Act, and the Improvement rate
17 - Copies of three letters from BJ Thurgood to Charles Balls and CW Palmer relating to the removal of posts put into his land on the order of the Commissioners' surveyor and a receipt for work undertaken
Expand 18 - Clerk's bills arbitration18 - Clerk's bills arbitration
Expand 19 - Appeal against a Local Government Board surcharge19 - Appeal against a Local Government Board surcharge
Collapse 20 - Abbey close arbitration20 - Abbey close arbitration
Collapse 1 - Geldart's Trustees v Cambridge Improvement Commissioners1 - Geldart's Trustees v Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
1 - A petition from the inhabitants of St Andrew the Less for a remedy to the inadequate sewer in Abbey Close
2 - Extracts of letters from the Cambridge Independent Press and Cambridge Chronicle with a draft letter of response relating to the blockage of sewers in Abbey Close
3 - A letter from Sanders Holben to the clerk to the Commissioners relating to the work being carried out on Messrs Geldarts' land
4 - Carbon copy of letter from the clerk to the Commissioners to Sanders Holben informing him he will lay the letter in front of the Commissioners at the next meeting
5 - A copy of a letter sent to Sanders Holben accompanying extracts from minute books relating to work carried out on the Abbey Close sewer in 1839 with particulars relating to agreements in place at the time with Dr Geldart, the land owner
6 - Extracts from minute books relating to work carried out on the Abbey Close sewer in 1839 with particulars relating to agreements in place at the time with Dr Geldart, the land owner
7 - Notice to owners, agents and tenants of the intention of the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners to make the Abbey Close sewer
8 - Contract and articles of agreement between Henry Unwin and the Improvement Commissioners for the construction of a sewer in Abbey Close
9 - A letter from J Carter Jonas to the clerk to the Commissioners claiming compensation of £300 for damage done to his clients land as a result of the construction of a sewer
10 - A letter to the Commissioners requesting progress of the compensation claim of the Geldart trustees due to the imminent sale of the land
11 - A letter from Sanders Holben to the clerk to the Commissioners relating to a reviewed settlement prior to arbitration
12 - Requisitions and observations on the title of land
13 - List of the names of the Geldart trustees
14 - Appointment of Mr J Carter Jonas as arbitrator on the part of the Geldart trustees in their claim for compensation
15 - Draft declaration of John Swan to hear and determine the case on behalf of the Commissioners
16 - Draft appointment of John Swan as arbitrator for the Commissioners
17 - Draft outline of the Geldart Trustee's case
18 - Copy appointment of John Swan, valuer, as arbitrator for the Commissioners
19 - Original and copy of letter from William J Bowyer, the town surveyor, to the clerk to the Commissioners detailing the work undertaken on the sewer, including what was done with the excavated soil
20 - A letter to John Swan from J Carter Jonas relating to his clients offer to settle for £300
21 - A letter to J Carter Jonas relating to producing evidence before the umpire in the arbitration of the case
22 - A letter from John Swan to the clerk to the Commissioners in thanks for payment for his services
23 - Plan of allotments on the Abbey Estate with prospectus
24 - Conditions of sale of the Abbey and Mill Road Estates
25 - A letter from Joseph Sturton to Charles Balls, chairman of the Improvement Board, regarding his drainage plan for the Abbey Estate
Expand 2 - Messrs C Swann and Sons v Cambridge Improvement Commissioners2 - Messrs C Swann and Sons v Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 3 - Mr Newman v Cambridge Improvement Commissioners3 - Mr Newman v Cambridge Improvement Commissioners
Expand 21 - Petty session case papers 21 - Petty session case papers
Expand 9 - Clerk's property papers9 - Clerk's property papers
Expand 10 - Contracts, bonds and tenders10 - Contracts, bonds and tenders
Expand 11 - Changes to Borough and parish boundaries 11 - Changes to Borough and parish boundaries
Expand 12 - Bye-laws and regulations12 - Bye-laws and regulations
Expand 13 - Frederic Barlow's liability in fraud case against the assistant clerk, John Wright Neville13 - Frederic Barlow's liability in fraud case against the assistant clerk, John Wright Neville
Expand 14 - Eligibility of parish commissioners14 - Eligibility of parish commissioners
Expand 15 - Memorials and petitions to the Commissioners15 - Memorials and petitions to the Commissioners
Expand 16 - Mill Road improvement loan16 - Mill Road improvement loan
Expand 17 - Repeal of paving tolls17 - Repeal of paving tolls
Expand 18 - Scheme for the diversion of sewage from the River Cam 18 - Scheme for the diversion of sewage from the River Cam
Expand 19 - Surveyor and Engineering Department19 - Surveyor and Engineering Department
Expand 20 - Medical Officer of Health 20 - Medical Officer of Health
Expand 21 - Indexes to the collection received at the time of deposit21 - Indexes to the collection received at the time of deposit
Expand 5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge5 - Overseers of the Poor for the 13 ancient parishes of Cambridge
Expand 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without 6 - Overseers of the Poor for Cambridge and Cambridge Without
Expand 8 - Trumpington Parish Council8 - Trumpington Parish Council
Expand 9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council9 - Cherryhinton Parish Council
Expand 10 - Cambridge City Charities10 - Cambridge City Charities
Expand 12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas12 - Cambridge Town Court of Pleas
Expand 13 - Court Leet13 - Court Leet
Expand 14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court14 - Cambridge[shire] County Court
Expand Co - Cambridge Borough CoronerCo - Cambridge Borough Coroner
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