Ballinasloe No.2 Rural District Council, 1912-1919

This collection is comprised of three volumes of handwritten minutes of proceedings of Ballinalsoe No.2 Rural District Council meetings.  The minutes record attendance at meetings, generally held twice a month, together with the proceedings of Council business conducted under various legalisation, covering general, financial, sanitary (such as management of burial grounds, inspection of cow sheds, and human living conditions, water supply and sewers), and labourers’ housing (such as building and maintenace of cottages and rent collection) issues.  The minutes record resolutions proposed and resolved or rejected by the Council. They also include details of correspondence received, generally from the Local Government Board and actions required thereafter. The proceedings of the Council acting as the ‘Sanitary Authority’ relate to health and sanitary conditions, such as the prevention of disease and the care and management of burial grounds, sewerage systems, and water supply. The proceedings under the ‘Labourers Acts’ relate to the provision and maintenance of labourers’ cottages.