| Description | Vouchers for payments made by the Treasurer's office including salaries for staff employed by the Corporation such as the Town Clerk, Treasurer, Coroner, Librarian of the Free Library, Recorder, Inspector of Coprolites, hall keeper, employees of the Gaol such as the Governor and Matron; payments for supplies such as food, stationery, fuel, uniforms from local businesses; payments for rents and rates on Corporation property; payments for work carried out by order of Corporation committees such as police prosecutions ordered by the Watch Committee; payments for fees incurred at Coroner's inquests and Quarter Sessions; and payments for works carried out by contractors.
Bills payable by the Corporation would be taken by the Treasurer to monthly council meetings for authorisation, a record of each payment was made in the minutes and a voucher authorising payment was signed by three members of the Council and the Town Clerk. This voucher was then attached to the outstanding bill which was stamped and signed by the supplier on receipt of payment.
The bundles have been left in their original arrangement by date of the council meeting at which payment was authorised. |