NRS-15797 | Valuation book [Gladstone Municipal Council and Wrightville Council]

Full description

This series contains the Valuation books of the Gladstone and Wrightville Municipal Council.

Each year each local council is required to set the level of, and levy rates in respect of all rateable properties within the municipal district. These books were initially created under s. 140 of the Municipalities Act 1897 (Act No. 23,1897) , and subsequent legislation. This section required the annual valuation of all rateable properties within the Council District. Rate books were required to be created under s.147 of the Municipalities Act.

For each rateable property a record was created which generally identified the property and person rated and included details of the annual value of the property, the amounts due, amounts paid, arrears and when rates were abandoned. A complete rate may comprise two parts; a rate book and a valuation book. The Valuation books generally identified the properties and persons rated and the rates book comprised the accounting details. Valuation and Rate books were generally maintained separately and therefore have been registered as separate series. Where the books were maintained together they have been registered as one series.

The Valuation books for Gladstone and Wrightville specifically contained the following information; name, trade/occupation, and postal address of owner, Street/lot number, the improved and unimproved capital value, and the assessed annual value of the property.

Rates books were maintained in NRS 15798 .

Custody History
This series was in the custody of Mitchell library from 1965 until December 2001 when it was transferred to State Records NSW under section 29 of the State Records Act, 1998.