Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1894-1935 (Creation)
- Creator
- Nanaimo (B.C.). Board of Police Commissioners
Physical description area
Physical description
4 cm of textual records
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
In 1893, the B.C. government removed civic police forces from the direct control of municipalities, and placed them under the authority of local boards. Local police acted under the joint authority of the local boards and the Superintendent of Provincial Police. Board responsibilities included police management and enforcement of statutory law and municipal by-laws. The role of the municipality was reduced to administering the payment of wages and provision of clothing to local police. In the early years, City Clerk Samuel Gough was the Secretary and William Stewart was Chief of Police. In 1894, J.P. Planta was confirmed as the first Police Magistrate.
Custodial history
Records were transferred to the City Hall Vault at an unknown date. In 1992, they were transferred to the Nanaimo Community Archives.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of a letterbook and minutes.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Series descriptions available. Online Finding Aid
Associated materials
Accruals
Alpha-numeric designations
BCAUL control number: NCAI-81
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Gough, Samuel (Subject)
- Stewart, William (Subject)
- Planta, Joseph Phrys, d. 1904 (Subject)