| Description | This sub-series consists of records relating to cattle plague, foot and mouth and other diseases, including:
Minute books:
- minute books of the executive committee appointed under the 1869 and 1878 Acts [1869-1889]
Accounts:
- 'cattle plague ledger no 1', details, by petty sessions divisions, of animals destroyed and compensation allowed [1866-1867]
- 'cattle plague ledger no II', an account of expenses incurred by cattle plague inspectors [1866-1870]
- 'cattle plague ledger no 3', justices' clerks' expenses for advertising etc [1866-1867]
- account book containing details of compensation paid, inspectors' and justices' clerks' expenses, printing and stationery costs etc [1866-1878]
- cattle inspectors' accounts and vouchers; inspectors' returns of travelling expenses and expenses for disinfectant and burying cattle [1866-1872]
- justices' clerks' expenses returns [1865-1874]
- vouchers, local and central committees expenses: printing, advertising, disinfectant costs etc [1865-1867]
- summary accounts, vouchers and correspondence relating to cattle rate, remission of rate and compensation payments [1866-1867]
Correspondence and papers:
- map showing divisions of the North Riding in which cattle plague had appeared to Dec 1865 [c.1865]
- names and addresses of cattle plague inspectors and the townships allocated to them [1866]
- returns from Petty Sessional districts showing numbers of cattle slaughtered, cases of outbreak plague, numbers of townships infected, persons proceeded against [1865-1866]
- summary return showing numbers of animals slaughtered, compensation paid and expenses paid to inspectors [up to Aug 1866]
- inspector's certificates of cattle slaughtered: includes name of owner, residence, number of animals attacked and destroyed, their age, description and value [1866-1876]
- returns of orders made by petty sessions divisions to prevent the spread of cattle plague (includes posters displaying the orders) [1865]
- return of cattle plague licences issued: Birdforth [1866]
- papers and correspondence concerning reopening of cattle markets and fairs closed on account of the plague [1866-1868]
- letters from the Privy Council, copies of Orders in Council, Quarter Sessions orders and general correspondence of Clerk of the Peace [1865-1889]
- miscellaneous committee papers [1871-1888]
- copies of Quarter Sessions orders issued by other counties [1865-1866] |