The Care of Documents and Management of Archives (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Care of Documents and Management of ArchivesThus, for instance, the records of a Government department include those of its branches, and also those of temporary commissions which issue from it, and deposit their records with it on expiry, and those of previously existing departments to whose work it has succeeded.In this way the records of the Local Govern ment Board include those of the Old Poor Law Commissioners. In like manner the records of a County Council will include those 'of its commit tees, and of the Quarter Sessions, Highway Boards, or other bodies to whose work it has succeeded. Similarly, the records of a new borough will include those of the Urban Sanitary Authority which pre ceded it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.