ACB/C2/1

General correspondence file. Includes nominations for magistrates; correspondence re secretaryship of the Advisory Committee on retirement of previous incumbent; and attendance figures for magistrates; excerpt from Lord Chancellor's speech to Magistrates' Association 1969 re Advisory Committees; Lord Chancellor's circular re changes in Office of the Secretary of Commissions; breakdowns of bench showing political allegiance, marital status, whether a local authority member, and occupation; correspondence re deaths and resignations of magistrates; and transfer in of justices from other commissions; Lord Chancellor's circular re magistrates as MP's, parliamentary candidates and political agents; correspondence re Magistrates and the Courts Act 1971; and composition of the Advisory Committee 1971; Lord Chancellor's circular re Taking of Oaths by New Justices; correspondence re Local Government reform and reorganisation of Advisory Committees; leave of absence for justices; Lord Chancellors's circular re age limits for magistrates; and correspondence re dissolution of Bedford Borough Advisory Committee.

1968-1974

From: 1968 To: 1974

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legal societies, general politics, deaths, MPs, Magistrates & Courts Act 1971, Bedford Borough