VPRS 5790 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.This series was transferred to PROV custody from the University of Melbourne Archives in 1984 which had originally received it as part of the E. J Semmons Collection.

每个矿区均设立了矿山法院（Courts of Mines）。尽管每个矿区仅设一家矿山法院，但该法院可在多个不同地点开庭审理。每家矿山法院均由一名法官主持，该法官通常同时担任郡法院法官。矿山法院受理并裁决各类与采矿相关的纠纷，包括采矿企业合伙人、股东及员工的权益争议。此外，对于采矿监督员（Mining Wardens）就领地相关事项（如采矿权及租赁边界争议）作出的裁决，矿山法院亦充当上诉法院。矿山法院并不负责签发采矿权（Miner's Rights）、勘测或登记采矿权主张，亦不负责授予采矿租约。此类事务由地区采矿官员负责。矿山法院持续运作至1969年，尽管20世纪期间其业务量有所下降。1969年，《矿山（法院废除）法案》（Mines (Abolition of Courts) Act）废除了矿山法院，并将其管辖权移交至郡法院。矿山法院的裁决（命令）登记簿保存在法院开庭的各个地点。例如，在比奇沃思矿区，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保存有登记簿。矿山法院登记簿记录了以下详细信息：法院受理的每宗申诉或案件的编号及日期、原告与被告的姓名及地址、申诉性质、申诉金额或价值、诉讼费详情、裁决（即命令）、命令执行日期及其他备注。该系列档案于1984年从墨尔本大学档案馆移交至维多利亚州公共记录办公室（PROV）保管，而墨尔本大学档案馆最初是作为E. J Semmons藏品的一部分接收这些档案的。