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of this Union. By section 5 of this Act, the Walworth Common
Estate became re-invested in the Governors and Guardians
appointed under the Local Act 54 Geo. 3rd cap. 113, and upon the
trusts contained in the Walworth Common Inclosure Amendment
Act, 14 Vic. cap. 7.
9. That the inhabitants on the 28th October, 1890, adopted the
provisions of the Free Libraries Acts, and your Petitioners on the
21st October, 1891, adopted the provisions of the Baths and
Washhouses Act, the Commissioners on both Boards being
appointed by your Petitioners.
10. That in the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, there exist
therefore:—
(a) The Governors and Guardians of the Poor under the
before recited Local Acts, with power to make and levy the Poor,
General and other rates in the Parish, and to appoint and
remunerate their collectors; power to appoint an Assessment
Committee under the provisions of the Valuation of Property
(Metropolis) Act, 1869, and also to manage the Walworth
Common Estate and collect the ground rents thereof and apply
the same in reduction of the Poor Rate of the Parish.
(b) The Burial Board constituted under the provisions of
the Burial Acts.
(c) The Commissioners for Public Free Libraries and
Museums.
(d) The Commissioners for Baths and Washhouses, and
(e) Your Petitioners, as the Sanitary, Highway, Lighting
and Sewer authority of the Parish, who as such are entrusted
with administrative functions under inter alia the following
important Statutes of a municipal character, viz:—
(1) The Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, and
the various Acts amending the same.
(2) The Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
(3) The Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
(4) The Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
(5) The Margarine Act.
(6) The Electric Lighting Acts.
(7) The Factory and Workshop Acts.
11. That from the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act,
1855, down to the passing of the Local Government Act, 1894 (56
and 57 Vic. cap. 73), the Vestry have almost invariably filled up
the annual and casual vacancies occurring year by year on the
Board of Governors and Guardians from among themselves, the
Vestry consisting of seventy-two members.
12. That the existence of this second administrative body for the making
and collecting of Rates in the Parish, has since the passing of the