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1898-1987 (Creation)
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- Liverpool (N.S.)
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- 30 cm of textual records
- 150 photographs (b&w)
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Administrative history
The Court of General Sessions of the Peace were the original governing and administrative body in Queens County until 1879 when the provincial government's County Incorporation Act came into force. This act divided rural Nova Scotia into municipalities, based on the boundaries of Sessional districts, and made the incorporation of these administrative units compulsory. Today the Queens County unit is known as the Region of Queens Municipalitys. In 1897 the residents of Liverpool voted to become an incorporated town. At this time a mayor and town council were elected and assumed most of the administrative duties for the town of Liverpool from the municipality. This administrative arrangement existed until 1 April 1996, when the Town of Liverpool disincorporated and rejoined the Region of Queens Municipality.
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Fonds consists of letter books (1899-1907) which contain mayors' and clerks' correspondence regarding town and court affairs (1899-1904); loose correspondence of town officers and employees (1922-1942); town cash book (1932-1933); Municipal Court judgement book with index (1898-1928); Town Police report log (1897-1929); record of expiry dates of town insurance policies (1950-1987); School trustees annual and semi-annual returns for urban schools and Queens County Academy (1910-1951); teachers' oaths (1941-1947); records regarding the 1947 veterans lunch which include lists of WWI, WWII vets and war brides; a photo collection of town residence, events and locations, including the construction of the high school (ca. 1950); oaths of allegiance of town officers (1952-1971); nomination forms (1954-1970); and miscellaneous receipts.
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Donated by the Town of Liverpool in 1995 and 1996.
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96.43, 96.44, 96.21. Records are located in filing cabinet and in ledger collection.
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See also the Court of General Sessions of the Peace at Liverpool fonds and the Proprietors of the Township of Liverpool fonds.