VPRS 3121 Court Of Mines Register

Courts of Mines were constituted in each mining district. Although there was only one Court of Mines constituted in each district, the court may have sat at several different locations. Each Court of Mines was presided over by a Judge who was usually also a County Court Judge. Courts of Mines heard and ruled upon a wide range of mining related disputes including disputes over the entitlements of partners, shareholders and employees of mining enterprises. They also acted as courts of appeal against decisions of Mining Wardens regarding territory-related matters such as disputes about the boundaries of claims and leases. Courts of Mines were not responsible for issuing Miner's Rights, surveying or registering claims or granting mining leases. These activities were the responsibility of district mining officials.Courts of Mines continued to operate until 1969, although the volume of business diminished in the twentieth century. In 1969 the Mines (Abolition of Courts) Act abolished Courts of Mines and transferred their jurisdiction to County Courts.A register of the decrees (orders) of the Court of Mines was kept at each place the Court sat. For example, in the Beechworth Mining District separate registers are known to have been kept at Alexandra, Yackandandah, Beechworth, Bright and Mansfield.Court of Mines Registers record details of the number and date of each complaint or case before the court, the names and addresses of the plaintiff and defendant, the nature of the complaint, the amount or value of the complaint, details of court fees, the decree (ie. order), date of carrying out the order and other remarks.

每个矿区均设立了矿业法院（Courts of Mines）。尽管每个矿区仅设立一家矿业法院，但其可在多个不同地点开庭。每家矿业法院由一名法官主持，该法官通常同时担任郡法院法官。矿业法院受理并裁决各类矿业相关纠纷，包括矿业企业合伙人、股东及员工的权益争议。它们还作为上诉法院，受理针对矿业监察员（Mining Wardens）就领地相关事项（如矿权与租约边界争议）所作决定的上诉。矿业法院不负责颁发矿工权利证书（Miner's Rights）、勘测或登记矿权，亦不负责授予采矿租约。这些工作由地区矿业官员负责。矿业法院持续运作至1969年，尽管其业务量在20世纪有所下降。1969年，《矿业（法院废除）法案》（Mines (Abolition of Courts) Act）废除了矿业法院，并将其管辖权移交至郡法院。矿业法院的判决（即命令）登记簿在其每个开庭地点均有留存。例如，在比奇沃思矿区（Beechworth Mining District），已知在亚历山德拉、亚坎丹达、比奇沃思、布赖特及曼斯菲尔德等地分别留存有登记簿。矿业法院登记簿记录了以下详细信息：法院受理的每宗投诉或案件的编号与日期、原告与被告的姓名及地址、投诉性质、投诉金额或价值、诉讼费详情、判决（即命令）、命令执行日期及其他备注。