IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 80
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: French taxation papers
Date(s): 1704, [1785]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 55 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Conseil d'Etat is the highest court in France for issues and cases involving public administration. Its origin dates back to 1302, though it was extensively reorganized under Napoleon and was given further powers in 1872. It has long had the responsibility of deciding or advising on state issues and legislative measures submitted to it by the sovereign or, later, by the president, the cabinet, or the parliament. It is the court in which French citizens may bring claims against the administration.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing the seal tariffs decided by the French Conseil d'Etat, Mar 1703, and entitled 'Tarif des droits du Sceau arresté au Conseil'. Includes lists of offices in provincial administration and tariffs of the provincial chancelleries presidiales. A later hand has added notes of an judgement of 20 Jul 1785 concerning seal tariffs.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: French
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscript octavo. Paper and vellum. Bound in morocco, with a fleur-de-lis in gold at each corner of the covers and in the panels of the back.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
The manuscript is inscribed '1860 from [John Camden] Hotten, London. T.C.'.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2000