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Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97
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The Librarian and Clerk is Mr. James D. Brown.
The Library, Skinner Street, E.C.
Guardians or Governors of the Poor.—The
collection of the Poor Rate, together with certain
other duties pertaining to that rate, is in the hands
of the Guardians or Governors of the Poor of St.
James, Clerkenwell, a body constituted under the
Clerkenwell Local Acts, 15 Geo. III., c. xxiii., and
23 Geo. III., c. xliv. The members are elected by
the Vestry. A list of the present members will be
found on pages 7 and 8.
Trustees of the Church.—This body is also
elected by the Vestry. The duties of the Board are
to administer the Act 28 Geo. III., cap. x., and the
amending Act 30 Geo. III., cap. lxix., and the administration
of the Parish Charities is also in their
hands. A list of the present members will be found
on pages 9 and 10.
Trustees of the Advowson.—The five Trustees
of the Advowson being reduced to two by death,
the Vestry have appointed three in place of Mr.
E. J. Thompson, Mr. F. W. Willcocks, and Mr.
E. Sans, deceased. The following were those
appointed:—Mr. W. Robson, J.P., of 40, Myddelton
Square, Mr. Thomas Harrison Brinton, of 5, Newcastle
Place, and Mr. W. Davies, of 13, Claremont
Square.
Register of Voters—The register of Parliamentary
Voters, County Electors, and Parochial
Electors for the Parish of Clerkenwell (which is
the Central Division of the Borough of Finsbury)
made out in 1896, and coming into force in 1897,
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