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Actions	Local Authority & Local Authority Organisations, Liaison with/ Tuam Town Commissioners, Tolls, 1960-1963 Remove from selection Add to selection TitleLocal Authority & Local Authority Organisations, Liaison with/ Tuam Town Commissioners, Tolls, 1960-1963 RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services ReferenceGC/CC19/6 Date29 June 1960 - 19 March 1963 CreatorGalway County Council Production date 1960-06-29 - 1963-03-09 Scope and Content Tuam Town Commissioners, Tolls: File of material relating to the collection of tolls in Tuam, includes correspondence between the Tuam Town Clerk (Gerald O'Connor) to Tuam Town Manager, generally the Assistant County Manager (Tom O'Connor), regarding the schedule of tolls, statistics relating to the tolls, and with the Co. Galway Co-operative Livestock Marts and Tuam Co-operative Livestock Mart Ltd regarding an ongoing dispute relating to the payment of tolls on animals sold in the mart, and correspondence with other local authorities to ascertain the situation regarding payment of tolls by marts in their towns. Includes - a handwritten note gives background information on tolls in Tuam, stating that 'System of Tolls established in charter towns to provide a source of income out of which certain services could be provided. At that time there was no system of local taxation and municipal funds were dervived from rents of corporate property, various fees and tolls. The fairs and markets in Tuam are paid for out of the receipts from Tolls. The Town Commissioners are the market authority.... If the Town Commissioners instead of having the fairs and markets paid for by charging tolls to those people who make use of the facilities provided, wish to transfer the cost to the town rate and have it met by the ratepayers of Tuam I have no objection...' (1961). Extentc 80pp LanguageEnglish Archival historyOfficial transfer Persons keywordTuam Town Commissioners SubjectFairs & Marts, Tolls Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Restrictions may apply. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives. Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access. Levelfile Hierarchy browser GC/ Galway County Council 1899-fonds contains 23 parts GC/CC Galway County Council, Corporate Services (formerly Administration and General Purposes (GP)) 1899-sub-fonds contains 6 parts GC/CC19/ Galway County Council / Corporate Services ( formerly GP) / Local Authority & Local Authority Organisations, Liaison with series contains 17 parts GC/CC19/6 Local Authority & Local Authority Organisations, Liaison with/ Tuam Town Commissioners, Tolls, 1960-1963 29 June 1960 - 19 March 1963file

TitleLocal Authority & Local Authority Organisations, Liaison with/ Tuam Town Commissioners, Tolls, 1960-1963

RepositoryGalway County Council Archives Services

ReferenceGC/CC19/6

Date29 June 1960 - 19 March 1963

Production date 1960-06-29 - 1963-03-09

Scope and Content

Tuam Town Commissioners, Tolls: File of material relating to the collection of tolls in Tuam,

includes correspondence between the Tuam Town Clerk (Gerald O'Connor) to Tuam Town Manager, generally the Assistant County Manager (Tom O'Connor), regarding the schedule of tolls, statistics relating to the tolls, and with the Co. Galway Co-operative Livestock Marts and Tuam Co-operative Livestock Mart Ltd regarding an ongoing dispute relating to the payment of tolls on animals sold in the mart, and correspondence with other local authorities to ascertain the situation regarding payment of tolls by marts in their towns.

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- a handwritten note gives background information on tolls in Tuam, stating that 'System of Tolls established in charter towns to provide a source of income out of which certain services could be provided. At that time there was no system of local taxation and municipal funds were dervived from rents of corporate property, various fees and tolls.
The fairs and markets in Tuam are paid for out of the receipts from Tolls. The Town Commissioners are the market authority....
If the Town Commissioners instead of having the fairs and markets paid for by charging tolls to those people who make use of the facilities provided, wish to transfer the cost to the town rate and have it met by the ratepayers of Tuam I have no objection...' (1961).

Extentc 80pp

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyOfficial transfer

Persons keywordTuam Town Commissioners

SubjectFairs & Marts, Tolls

Conditions governing accessAvailable by appointment. Restrictions may apply. The material in this collection is available to all bona fide researchers by appointment only, and subject to the conditions of access governing the consultation of archival material at Galway County Council Archives.

Conditions governing reproductionNo material may be reproduced from this collection without the written permission of the archivist, and reproductions are subject to the conditions of access.

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