Sambor Municipal Administration, Sambor (Lwów Voivodeship)

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Державний Архів Львівської області

Title (official language):: Самбірське міське управління, м. Самбір Львівського воєводства

Scope and content:: The fonds contains a list of humanitarian, cultural, educational and business-industrial societies, including Jewish ones, in Sambor (1921-22) (no. 1).

Administrative/biographical history:: Prior to the Polish Parliament’s adoption on 23 March 1933 of the “Law to partially alter the structure of territorial government,” which unified the system of local government in all regions formerly belonging to the Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian Empires, municipal government in Galicia continued to operate according to Austrian law. The executive and controlling body of city government remained the magistrate (renamed the municipal administration in 1933). The municipal administrations of Drohobycz, Lwów, and Stryj were headed by a president, of Żółkiew and Sambor by a burgomaster. Municipal administrations were in charge of finances and, in particular, the city budget and collection of local taxes, public services and sanitation, urban planning and construction, road maintenance, plumbing and sewerage, public health and public education and keeping city statistics. They also enforced regulations pertaining to commerce, traffic, fire safety, etc. They were abolished in 1939.

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Aid and relief--Philanthropy and charity; Education; Trade and commerce

System of arrangement:: The fonds comprises 62 series arranged chronologically and, within specific years, by structure and document type.