Guide to the Licensing and Consumer Affairs Annual Reports 1974-1990

Overview of the Collection

	Repository Name:		Seattle Municipal Archives PO Box 94728 600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3 Seattle, WA 98124-4728 Phone: 206/233-7807 Email: archives@seattle.gov http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives
	Collection Number:		1802-H2
	Creator:		Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk
	Title:		Licensing and Consumer Affairs Annual Reports
	Dates:		1974-1990 (inclusive)
	Quantity:		.2 cubic foot 1 box
	Languages:		Collection materials are in English.
	Summary:		Annual reports of the Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs, 1974 to 1990.

Historical Note

The Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs was established in 1973 to issue business licenses, deal with weights and measures, provide consumer protection, education, and assistance, and manage animal control. In 1994, the department was abolished, and its functions were taken over by the Department of Finance.

Content Description

The annual reports date from 1974 to 1990. The early reports are brief and list work done in the area of law enforcement, including weights and measures, new legislation, and special projects, such as searching for a new animal shelter. Later reports provide more complete descriptions of activities in the licensing, animal control, and audit and financial services divisions.

This series also includes one 1974 report for the Animal Control Commission, which was created in 1972 through Ordinance 100965. Part of the Executive Department when it was created, it became part of Licenses and Consumer Affairs in 1974.

Arrangement

Annual reports are arranged chronologically by year.

Administrative Information

Custodial History

Records were originally filed with the City Clerk in the Comptroller/Clerk's Files (CFs) and were removed to create this record series.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Records are open to the public.

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Licensing and Consumer Affairs Annual Reports, Record Series 1802-H2. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government

Administrative procedure--Washington (State)--Seattle

Animal shelters--Washington (State)--Seattle

Animal welfare--Washington (State)--Seattle

Consumer affairs departments--Washington (State)--Seattle

Consumer protection--Washington (State)--Seattle

Licenses--Washington (State)--Seattle

Weights and measures--Washington (State)--Seattle

Annual reports

Other Creators :

Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Licenses and Consumer Affairs

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Licensing and Consumer Affairs Annual Reports, 1974-1990

Container(s)

Description

Dates

box/folder
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Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs Animal Control Commission Annual Report

1974

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