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AS AUDITORS.
Ward. Names of Candidates. Place of Abode.
No. 1 (Pentonville) Brailey, George James 11G, Pentonville Rd.
No. 2 (St. Philip's) Tripp, George • - 17, Amwell Street
No. 8 (St. Mark's) Lenard, Edward- - 57, St. John Street
ltoad
No. 4 (St. Jamos's) Bollefontaino, Alex- - 62-4, Exmouth St.
ander Anthony
No. 5 (St. John's) Finchaiu,WilliamArthur 172, St. John Street
The cost of the Election was £122 lis. 6d.
The only question arising out of the election for
the Vestry to determine was the date of retirement
of Mr. M. M. Hanly and Mr. H. P. Scheib, who
received an equal number of votes in Ward No. 4,
and it became necessary for the Vestry to determine
by ballot which of the two should retire in 189G
and which in 1897. The result of the ballot was
that Mr. Hanly retires in 1897 and Mr. Scheib in
1896.
Chairman of the Vestry.— Under the provisions
of the Local Government Act, 1894, it became the
duty of the Vestry, at the first meeting after the
Election, to appoint a Chairman for the year. Mr.
William Robson and Mr. Joseph Walton were proposed
for the office, the former obtaining 37 votes,
and the latter 33. The choice of the Vestry, therefore,
fell upon Mr. W, Robson, Churchwarden, who
had most worthily presided over the meetings of the
Vestry for some years previously. Mr. Robson
became thereby a, Justice of the Peace for the
County of London.
Fines for Non-acceptance of Office or for Resignation.—
The Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, as
applied to Vestries by the Local Government Act,
1894, provides a fine to be paid by persons elected