Series consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence and related records created, used or maintained by the City Solicitor, James A. Runions, during the course of his tenure as the City's legal agent and advisor. The records in this series include various court documents, land transfer documents, deeds, conveyances and easements, contracts and agreements, plans and surveys, and legal advice and opinions.
The records reflect James Runions' work as the City of Guelph City Solicitor from 1971 to 1990. The majority of records were classified by file codes and numbers by the City Solicitor and his staff and maintained in discrete sets of records relating to specific projects and functions, such as the Hanlon Expressway, Guelph Eatons Centre, Planning Department and Clerk's office. The records of previous City Solicitors, R.H. Hungerford and R.B. Andrews, are also included in this series. These records were accumulated and used by James A. Runions in the course of his work as City Solicitor. The arrangement of the files into 30 sub-series has been based on the City Solicitor's filing code system. A file classification guide did not accompany the records upon transfer to the Guelph Public Library archives.
City of Guelph, City Solicitor