| Description | Papers relating to the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 and the Poor Law Act 1879, including
- notice dated 25 February 1886 of a local enquiry to be held at Middlesbrough on 12 March 1886 under the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 and the Poor Law Act 1879; with covering letter
- correspondence dated June-July 1887 relating to the effect of the Act on county police rates for the township of Middlesbrough lying outside the municipal borough
- letter dated 22 November 1887 relating to the townships of Newby, Osgodby and Sawdon in the Scarborough Union
- notes from a meeting of the County Rate Committee held in 1887 relating to orders made under the Divided Parishes Acts to bring the parishes and townships assessed to the County Rate in line with those assessed to the Poor Rate
- undated note that Mr Pennyman is to move that the County Rate Committee should revise the basis for the county rate of townships affected by orders of the Local Government Board made under the Divided Parishes Acts |