ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT

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ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT

1849-1938

Committees and officers of the court did not keep separate records except a few minute books in the late nineteenth century (Q/A/C 1-18) and the County Treasurer's account books from 1734 onwards (Q/F/1-11).

Reports from committees and officers were usually entered in full in the order books as follows: Report on county bridges, c.1690; County Rates Committee from 1810; Standing Finance Committee from 1876; Occasional committees for bridges, 17th century onwards; Surveyor (with general responsibility for bridges) reports, early 18th century, with regular reports, 1820 onwards; Highways and Bridges Committee, 1878 onwards; Prison Governors', Chaplains' and Medical Officers' reports, 1825 onwards; Visiting Justices' reports, 1825; Orders relating to gaol and house of correction, from seventeenth century; Occasional special committees' reports sometimes recorded: committees for new gaol, 1809 - 1820; prisoners' labour and provision of corn mill with tread wheel 1821; prison rules, 1820; cost of transporting prisoners, 1820; Chief Constables' reports, 1840 onwards; Inspectors of Weights and Measures referred to in Chief Constables' reports; Police Station House Committee, 1845; Committee for County Pauper Lunatic Asylum, 1853; Visiting Justices' Reports on Lunatic Asylum, 1857 onwards; County Rate Basis Committee, 1852 onwards; Contagious Diseases of Animals Committee, 1870; Militia Storehouses Committee, reports and accounts, 1871 onwards; Adulteration of Food and Drugs Committee, 1873; Public Analysts' reports, 1873; Tees Salmon Fishery, 1873, and Tyne Conservators Committee, 1873; Industrial Schools Committee, 1875; Discharged Prisoners' Aid Association Committee, 1875; Special committees on tramways, applications for licences and reports, occasional from 1873.

In 1877 responsibility for prisons was transferred to the Home Office. No administrative matters are dealt with after 1889

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