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Argyle Township Court House Archives Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
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Accounts
Subseries · 1898-1926
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
Subseries forms part of Poor Farm Records series and consists of general bills and receipts generated by the day-to-day operations of the Poor Farm. These records include bills and receipts related to farm supplies, groceries, maintenance, livestock, bedding, transportation, blacksmith, medical and funeral expenses.
Accounts
Subseries · 1882-1925
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
Subseries forms part of Public Health Records series and consists of bills and receipts regarding: removal of dead animals from roadside, Medical Health Officer, out-of-province institutions, transportation, examination, certification of mentally ill, inquests, summaries, posters, salaries, stipends, pharmacists, epidemic control and accounts with the Victoria General Hospital.
Animal Control records
Subseries · 1880-1908
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
Subseries forms part of Petitions series and consists of petitions from various parts of the Municipality requesting regulations for the control of farm animals within the districts. Also included are petitions requesting the construction of animal pounds and concerning bounties for the control of wild animals. Also included are counter petitions.
Applications
Subseries · 1908-1926
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
Subseries forms part of Municipality of Argyle Officers' and Employees' Records series and consists of applications by doctors to serve as physician to the Poor Farm in Argyle, applications by doctors for the position of Health Office, applications for Canadian Temperance Act Inspectors, and several other municipal positions.
Arbitration Committee records
Subseries · 1911-1927
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
Subseries forms part of Financial Records series and consists of records pertaining to joint expenditures with the Town of Wedgeport and the Municipality of Yarmouth. Joint expenditures with Wedgeport involved its use of the Argyle Poor Farm and payment to the Municipality for expenses. Joint expenditures with Yarmouth involved expenditures related to the use of the Yarmouth Court House, Registries of Deeds and Probate, and police services.
Argyle Municipal Council Minutes
Series · 1880-1926
Part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds
Series forms part of Municipality of the District of Argyle (1879-1926) fonds and consists of general and special session minutes of Municipal Council, as well as requests for special sessions. There are two large bound minutes books which contain minutes of the Municipal Council for the years 1880-1904, and 1905-1948. The Municipal Council also published the minutes of the annual and semi-annual meetings from 1881-1949 in a broadsheet format. Series also includes some loose documents which are minutes of special sessions/meetings not recorded in the minute books, and some requests by Councilors for special meetings for the years 1880-1923. The second minute book, beginning with the annual meeting of 10 January 1933, the Municipal Clerk ceased to record the minutes by hand and instead copies of the published minutes were pasted into the book.