This fonds consists of township records, by-laws, legal correspondence, records of the Queen's Bench and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Records include indictments, convictions and inquests and case records (which are effectively a continuation of the inquests, convictions and indictments series).
The fonds is arranged into 9 series:
- Township business with bylaws, oaths of coroner's and coroner's commissions and jail surgeons
- Voter's lists and books including militia rolls
- Juries and jurors
- Convictions and return of convictions
- Inquests
- Indictments
- Magistrates returns
- Justice of the Peace Commissions
- Criminal and Civil Procedures and Correspondence and Case Records which reflect a change in the organization of records by the County Clerk's office after 1914 and which contain inquest, conviction and indictment documents.
- Correspondence and miscellaneous
Includes the following:
a. "A by-law for dividing the Township of Darlington into Polling sub-divisions pursuant to the Statute 32 vie Cap 21" passed August 7, 1869
b. By-law No 296 "A by-law to divide the Township of Hope into six Polling sub-divisions" passed June 26, 1872.
c. By-law No. 398 "Whereas it is necessary and expedient to divide the Township of Haldimand into Polling sub-divisions". passed June 25, 1870.
d. By-law No 204 "A by-law to divide the Township of Cavan into Polling sub-divisions for the election of members of the Legislative Assembly". passed August 7, 1869
e. By-law No 215 "A by-law to divide the Town of Bowmanville into Polling sub-divisions'. passed August 7, 1871
f. "A by-law to divide the township of Manvers in the County of Durham into Polling sub-divisions for the election of Members of the legislature of the Province of Ontario". passed August 23, 1873.
g. By-law No 548 "A by-law to amend By-law No 1945 of the Township of Cartwright into Polling sub- divisions for Municipal and Legislative purposes". passed Feb. 5, 1912.
h. By-law No 205 "A by-law to repeal by-law No 175; deed to divide the Township of Cramahe into Polling sub-divisions for Electoral Purposes". passed July 22, 1870.
i. By-law No 242 "A by-law to repeal by-law No 205; deed to divide the township of Cramahe into Polling sub-divisions". passed May 30, 1873.
j. By-law No 335 "To establish and divide the Municipality of the Village of Campbellford into four Polling sub-divisions". passed June 7, 1899.
k. By-law No 731 "Port Hope transient traders License fee 100.00"
l. By-law No 170 "For preventing vice, immorality, etc., in the Corporation of the Village of Colborne". passed October 10, 1881.
m. By-law No 216 "A by-law to amend by-law No 170". passed Feb. 17, 1890
n. By-law No 293 "To regulate the granting of certificates for shop and tavern licenses in the Township of Manvers and for other purposes connected therein
18 folders of textual records
List of office holders such as jail surgeons, justices of the peace, coroners, and so forth.
Includes the following records:
a. land deeds book 1815
b. land deeds book 1831
c. land sales book 1835, 1836
d. land sales book 1841
List:
1846 - Dr. Matthews - Cobourg
1849 - Dr. G. Goldstone - Cobourg
1852 - Dr. John Beatty
1853 - Dr. N. W. Powell
1854 - Dr. James A. Gilchrist
1855 - Dr. John Beatty - salary 25 pounds sterling
1856 - Dr. Newton W. Powell - salary 30 pounds sterling
1857 - Dr. G. Goldstone - salary 30 pounds sterling