This series comprises the official, signed minutes of meetings held by the Commissioners to document their decision making in respect to the delivery of local authority functions within their area of jurisdiction. The series includes two types of minutes, namely:
Elective local government in the Isle of Man can be traced back to the Town Act 1852, under which Boards of Commissioners, each under the chairmanship of a High Bailiff, were constituted for the four towns ― "for paving, cleansing, lighting, and watching the streets…. And for making and keeping in repair public sewers therein, and otherwise improving the towns" .
The Ramsey Town Act 1865 repealed the earlier Act in respect to Ramsey and provisioned for the setting-up of the Ramsey Town Commissioners in their current form.
This series is arranged into two sub-series, namely:
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Series level description created by Gavin Rowan, Records & Archive Officer, 17 October 2022.
Copyright is vested in Ramsey Town Commissioners.
Records selected for permanent preservation by the Isle of Man Public Records Officer, April 2022.
The records comprising this collection were created by Ramsey Town Commissioners. During their working life, the records were stored in the Clerk's office at Ramsey Town Hall, Parliament Square, Ramsey until their deposit at the Isle of Man Public Record Office under section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1999 on the authority of the Town Clerk, 27 April 2022.
Accrual are expected for this record series.
