Stake attention in this memory
The image is of a plaque in the meeting hall of the Board of Magistrates in West Jakarta, Indonesia (latitude: -6.135, longitude: 106.813). The plaque is a light blue color with white text describing the historical significance of the meeting hall and the Board of Magistrates. It includes the coat of arms of the city of Batavia and the coat of arms of the city of Jakarta. The text on the plaque states the meeting hall formerly served as the meeting hall of the Board of Magistrates of the city of Batavia. It is not known when the room was furnished or if at that time the furniture which is now on display in this room came from the 18th and 19th centuries and probably much of it was made in Indonesia. The plaque then goes on to describe the Board of Magistrates, stating that the two most important governmental institutions that had their offices in the Town Stadhuis were the Board of Magistrates and the Council of Justice (Raad van Justitie). The Board of Magistrates met three times a week at the very meeting hall shown in this image. The text concludes by explaining that the authority of the Board of Magistrates covered all common and community matters concerning the welfare of the city's inhabitants, including building matters, control of public institutions, taxes, bridges, canals, permits for markets, supplies of food, customs, and measures, marking and prices, regulation of traffic, etc. The Board of Magistrates could also deal with many people, granting a slave his freedom, every day, many people would come to visit the Town Hall.
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