General minutes of the Board of Supervisors, January 1946-September 1947
Scope and Contents
Inventory of records 1847-1980, Office of the Clerk, Sonoma County, California lists this document as part of: Records of the Clerk as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors (no. 498) and as part of the subseries: Minutes, Resolutions, Summary Actions, Indexes.
Title in the Clerk's inventory: General Minutes (additional title noted as: Minutes, Board Supervisors); with date range noted as: May 1856-January 15, 1974.
Physical description for set: 103 volumes (5 volumes (13" x 12" x 3"); 98 volumes (12" x 18" x 3")); 36 linear ft..
Set description: Volumes 2 to 104 of Minutes of meetings of Board of Supervisors of Sonoma County. Volume 1 is missing. Volume 2, May 1856 - September 1857, includes date of meeting; road matters; formation of Board of Equalization; payments to Indigent Fund, to jurors of Grand Jury and District Court, and to witnesses; setting election precincts, appointing elections officers; Sheriff's submission of delinquent tax lists; creation of school districts upon petition of citizens; as Board of Canvassers, counting votes of general election of November 4, 1856; acceptance of reports of county department heads; bonding of county officials. Volume 104, July 1973 - January 1974, includes date and time of meeting; adoption of numbered resolutions with "aye" and "no" votes of Supervisors; summaries of discussions of hearings; communications received for record; reports of county departments. Numbering of resolutions begins July 1, 1952. Complete text of original resolutions is included in General Minutes until September 24, 1963, when Resolutions (508) volumes begin. After September 24, 1963, General Minutes show only summaries of resolutions. Bound volumes of General Minutes end on January 15, 1974, replaced by Board of Supervisors Minutes (499). Also titled: Minutes Board Supervisors.
Type of document: Handwritten (Volumes 2-15) and typed (Volumes 15-104).
Index: Indexed in: General Index to Minutes of the Board of Supervisors--A to Z--Subjects (500);); General Index to Minutes of the Board of Supervisors--A to Z--Personal (501); Index General Minutes (503); Index to Board of Supervisors Minutes (504)} Index to Minutes (505); Resolutions Indexed Alphabetically (506); General Index--E (507); Resolutions Index--Alphabetical (510); Resolutions Indexed Numerically (511).
Dates
- Creation: January 1946-September 1947
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details may be available through the staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at link to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library
Extent
0.13 linear feet (1 ledger volume) ; 13" x 1.5" x 16.25"
Abstract
Rough copy of minutes contained in volumes 41 (May 8, 1945-Feb 8, 1946) through 44 (Mar 24, 1947-Oct 6, 1947) of General minutes of the Board of Supervisors. Also titled Minutes Board Supervisors. Not listed in the 1980 inventory of the Sonoma County Clerk's office.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors;.
Date of transfer not identified not identified ; no Deed of Gift (DoG) or Conditions of Transfer (CoT) files identified.
General
Volume does not include index. Volume has been microfilmed. Not listed in either the 1980 inventory of the Sonoma County Clerk's office or in the 1993 Bound Volumes Inventory as no. 2729.
Repository Details
Part of the Sonoma County Archives Repository