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City Solicitor's Packets

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Unique IDAS-0056Start date1st January 1834Start date qualifiercircaEnd date15th June 1977End date qualifiercircaFormatLoose PapersDescriptionThe City Solicitor's Packets are files created by the City Solicitor's Office on legal matters handled on behalf of Council.

The contents of the packets date from as early as 1834, with later ones in 1842, 1859, 1861, and 1875 to 1877, but most of the packets are later than these years.

They include memos to and from Council officers, correspondence with plaintiffs and defendants, and copies of legal documents. Most of the packets had one or two numbers allocated to them by the City Solicitor, often an original number and then a subsequent number when the matter was resolved and the packet was filed. The original order of the packets was difficult to ascertain so they were allocated single running numbers by the Archives.

Each packet usually deals with one subject. This includes the drafting of by-laws, prosecutions over health matters, non-payment of rates, theft of Council property, leasing and purchase of land, resumptions, legislation, and opinions on a wide variety of topics.

Start Date qual:
Start Date: 28/07/1843
End Date qual: c.
End Date: 15/06/1977Relationship legacy dataCONTROLLED BY: Legal Opinions Index AS-0804 (01/01/1899 to 31/12/1905) CREATED BY: City Solicitor AG-0074 (28/07/1843 to 15/06/1977) RELATED TO: Legal services AY-67 (28/07/1843 to 15/06/1977) RELATED TO: Ordinance and by-law enforcement, abatement of nuisances AY-55 (28/07/1843 to 15/06/1977) RELATED TO: Management of Council property AY-19 (28/07/1843 to 15/06/1977) RELATED TO: Purchase and sale of land and buildings AY-18 (28/07/1843 to 15/06/1977) RELATED TO: Register of Matters Referred to the City Solicitor AS-0877 (01/08/1859 to 31/07/1893) RELATED TO: Annual Reports I AS-0042 (01/01/1900 to 31/12/1908) - Annual Reports of the City Solicitor in 56/2, 274, 184, 226, 224, 237, 233 and 235 RELATED TO: Drafting of By laws AY-34 (28/07/1843 to 15/06/1977) RELATED TO: Resumptions of land AY-26 (01/01/1890 to 15/06/1977) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Moore Street Resumption - Robert Reid - Land and buildings in Moore Street

Moore Street Resumption - Lark Son & Co., Land and ruins in Moore Street

Moore Street Resumption- Trustees of the late John Hughes - land and buildings in Castlereagh

Moore Street Resumption - City Bank - land and ruins on corner of Pitt and Moore Streets (Plan 1)

Moore Street Resumption - Trustees of the German Club in Castlereagh Street (Plan 6)

Moore Street Resumption - Trustees of the late John Hughes, re land and buildings, corner of

Notification of Resumptions of Lands - Moore Street Improvement

Moore Street Resumption - Mrs Fanny Down - "Wheat Sheaf Inn ", corner of Castlereagh and Moore

Papers concerning Moore Street

Instructions for Moore Street Resumptions

Items 522/ 532 Moore Street Resumptions - Instructions for draft bill re amendment of Moore Street

Printed publication - "The Relation of Modern Municipalities to Quasi-Public Works" (American

Council vs Tompson Manning and Jeremy (blank packet)

Correspondence re Perpetual Trustee Co. Ltd. Vs Council

Lease between David Bains, Contractor of "Glenbrook", Ocean and Cooper Streets, Double Bay and Gee

Subpoena in case of Perpetual Trustee Co. Ltd. Vs Council (No.288 of 1896)

Warrant of Attorney, William Smith, of Park Street

Warrant of Attorney, W. B. Bennet and Council

Agreement between Council and Mrs. Watkins re premises at Haymarket, George Street

Agreement between Council and William Butler re 734 George Street

Statutory Declaration re Mrs E. Duguid

Agreement between the Australian Gas Light Company and Council for 3 year supply of gas for street

Bond of Mrs. E. Duguid to John Gilchrist

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City Solicitor's Letters

Deed Packets I

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Source system ID56System of arrangementSingle number

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Disposal statusArchived

Data Quality

Legacy dataRegistered by: Angela McGing
Registered date: 25/10/1995
Amendments: Renata Mancini 21/07/98
Angela McGing, 14 May 2007
Last amendment date: 14/05/2007
Other Disposal Instruments: GDA 10 for Local Government Records
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System of arrangements: Single number
Series control status: All items are listed in Archives Investigator
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UpdatedDate: 15/05/2007
UpdatedUser: May 15 2007 11:53AM

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Source systemBusiness operation system (BOS); Archives investigatorControlled by seriesLegal Opinions IndexRelated seriesAnnual Reports IRegister of Matters Referred to the City SolicitorCreating agenciesCity SolicitorRelated activitiesLegal servicesResumptions of landDrafting of By lawsPurchase and sale of land and buildingsManagement of Council propertyOrdinance and by-law enforcement, abatement of nuisances

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Date registered5th December 2018Registered byData Migration UserRegistration statusApproved

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