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VPRS 1868 Examination Results
No full textThe function of this record series is to record examination reults. The content includes the person's name, address, marks and whether the examination was passed or failed
VPRS 4815 Exemption Court Register
No full text<br/>A referendum on conscription for military service outside of the Commonwealth was held on 28 October 1916 (see Victorian Year Book 1916-17, p.84). Although the proposal was defeated, the practice of requiring persons to serve within the Commonwealth continued.<br/><br/>Automatic exemptions were granted to:<br/>persons unfit for any naval or military service,<br/>members and officers of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State,<br/>Judges, stipendiary or special magistrates of Federal or State Courts,<br/>ministers of religion,<br/>persons employed in the police or prison services of the Commonwealth or State,<br/>persons employed in lighthouses,<br/>persons employed as medical practitioners or nurses in public hospitals,<br/>persons not substantially of European origin or descent,<br/>persons whose conscientious beliefs did not allow them to bear arms, and<br/>persons engaged in any employment specified by Regulations or by Proclamation.<br/><br/>Applications could also be made for exemptions for a number of other reasons. These were:<br/>on grounds that it was expedient in the national interest that the man should be engaged in other work in which he was habitually engaged, be engaged in other work in which he wished to be engaged, continue to be educated or trained,<br/>on the ground that serious hardship would ensue owing to his exceptional domestic financial obligations,<br/>on the ground that the man was the sole support of aged parents, a widowed mother, orphan brothers or sisters under the age of sixteen years who were physically incapable of earning their own living,<br/>on the ground that he was the only son, the sole remaining son, or one of the remaining sons of a family of whose sons one-half at the least had enlisted prior to 2 October 1916,<br/>on the ground that the man was not a natural-born or naturalized British subject.<br/><br/>Applications for exemption were heard by an exemption court in the military sub-district in which the applicant lived. Details of applications for exemption and the court's decision were recorded in registers. Each entry records the case number, the applicant's name, the applicant's reason for seeking exemption and the court's decision
VPRS 4333 Minute Books Legislative Committee
No full text<br/>This series may contain the minutes of a single committee or a number of committees.<br/><br/>The committee system is employed by most Victorian councils. A committee may be appointed by a council for any purpose which it is felt would be better regulated and managed by such committee. A committee may be either a standing committee or an occasional committee. Standing committees (in areas such as finance, public works, health, etc.) are appointed to oversee specific matters on an ongoing basis. Such committees submit reports to the council regularly and these are included in the Council Minutes. Occasional committees are appointed for shorter terms to manage such things as arrangements for ceremonial occasions. Membership of committees is made up of some or all of the councillors of the municipality.<br/><br/>The Municipal Institutions Act 1863 (No.184) introduced provisions that required councils to appoint committees and specified that committee minutes should be kept and signed by the chairman at the following meeting. The Local Government Act 1874 (No.506) included the requirement that committees report to council. (No prohibition existed against councils operating with committees prior to these acts.) The Local Government Act 1903 (No.1893) removed the requirement that minutes be kept and added the requirement that committees reports to council be included in the council minutes. Subsequent legislation including the Local Government Act 1958 (No.6299) has continued these requirements.<br/><br/>The minutes generally record the names of councillors who attended the meeting, details of agenda items and decisions made. Once the minutes have been confirmed as correct at the following committee meeting, they are signed or certified by the mayor or chairman of the meeting.<br/><br/>
VPRS 15274 Shire Engineer's Outward Letters to Country Roads Board
No full textLetter books were the means by which copies of correspondence despatched from the office were retained for future reference. This letter book refers to correspondence sent to the Country Roads Board from the Shire Engineer
VPRS 166 Alphabetical Registers of Inwards Correspondence
No full textThis series consists of registers of inward correspondence received by the Lands Department. These registers were used to record summary details and allocate unique identification numbers (registration numbers) to each letter received. Each inward letter was, on receipt and registration allocated a number from the registers for identification.<br /> <br /> The registers record in a column format<br /> the registration number allocated to the letter,<br /> the day and month received "date of entry"<br /> the date sent, "date of letter"<br /> the name/position and address of sender,<br /> a summary of the letter,<br /> the last column on the right hand side of the folio records "how dealt with" ie. to which official/division the letter was referred for action [see below for list of how, ie. to whom, correspondence was to be distributed], and very occasionally the registration number of related previous or subsequent correspondence.<br />  
VPRS 891 Agenda Book
No full textThe Denominational Schools Board was established in 1848 and was responsible for the distribution of funds to denominational schools from an annual Parliamentary grant and a proportion of the Church and Schools Estates revenue.<br/><br/>This series consists of the Agenda Book for the meetings of the Board. It may also be seen as being a rough Minute Book. The items of business to be considered by the Board are listed on the lefthand side of each double page. Originally in the volume they were listed under the anticipated date of the meeting at which they would have been dealt with. This disappears and each item is over-written with the date of the meeting of the Board which dealt with that item. The later addition of numbers on the righthand side of that page indicate the number the item was given in VPRS 63 Minute Books.<br/><br/>On the righthand side of each double page are notes either written or pasted in summarising the action to be taken or piece of correspondence to be written consequent upon the Board's deliberations and decisions
VPRS 4311 Court of Petty Sessions Registers of Second-Hand Dealers
No full textThis series is the Court of Petty Sessions official record of its business with regard to the granting, annual renewal and transfer of second-hand dealer licenses.<br /> <br /> Under the Second-Hand Dealers Acts of 1918 and 1920, persons wishing to trade as second-hand dealers needed to be licensed. Prescribed penalties applied for unlicensed dealers. This license was to be applied for with the endorsement of five householders in the trading area. A report had to be provided by the local police on the appropriateness of issuing such a license or permitting its transfer to another individual.<br /> <br /> Applications were to be considered by a Court of Petty Sessions with the applicant being able to be granted a licence if considered a fit and proper person to hold such a license.<br /> <br /> Information recorded in these registers was a number; date of application; full name and address of the dealer (or transferor or proposed transferee); name and rank of any objector (if any); date of objection and decision and a remarks column
VPRS 6229 County Court Register, Common Law, Part I
No full text<br/>This series consists of a County Court Common Law Register. Details given of cases consist of the names of the plaintiff and defendant, the nature of the action, a description of the land or chattel involved, the amount of the claim and the judgment made by the Court.<br/><br/>Subject to further research
VPRS 15251 General Correspondence Files, Alpha-Numeric System, Water and Sewerage (CANCELLED: SEE VPRS 15258)
No full textGeneral Correspondence Files, Alpha-Numeric System, Water and Sewerage (CANCELLED: SEE VPRS 15258