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with sittings of Justices at Vestry Halls to hear cases arising out
of the enforcement of the Adulteration and other Acts by the local
sanitary authorities.
Chairmen of Vestries as Justices of the Peace.—The Chairman (the
Rev. J. W. Horsley, M.A.) informed the Vestry on the 15th May
1895 that he had received a letter from the Home Secretary establishing
the fact that all Justices of the Peace holding office by
reason of being chairmen of Vestries were entitled to visit and
inspect prisons.
Upon the consideration of a letter received from the Vestry of
Chelsea the Vestry resolved on the 4th March 1896 :—
That the Veslry concur in the views expressed in the communication
received from the Vestry of Chelsea upon the question of Justices
acting by virtue of their office as chairmen of Local Boards or Vestries
not being eligible to sit on General Committees of Justices, and
direct that a letter be addressed to the Home Secretary, the Local
Government Board, the Lord Chancellor and the borough members
seeking their co-operation in romoving the disability referred to, and
suggesting that the difficulty might be overcome by the several
Committees being elected in May instead of in January as at present.
In reply to a question put by Captain Norton in the House of
Commons the Home Secretary promised to inquire into the matter.
New Ward Boundaries and Polling Districts.—The order of the
Justices rearranging the Parliamentary electoral divisions of the
borough in conformity with the new ward boundaries was made on
the 17th July 1895, whereby the West Newington Division was
ordered to consist of St. Mary's, St. Paul's and Trinity Wards, and
the Walworth Division of St. Peter's and St. John's Wards. The
necessary advertisements of the change required by the Justices
were inserted iu the local press at a cost of £5 6s. 0d.
Tho sealed order of the London County Council, altering the
polling districts for the County Council electoral divisions of
Newington and Walworth to correspond with the Parliamentary
divisions, was sealed on the 30th July, 1895: and thenceforward
tho divisions of the parish became identical and conterminous for
all electoral purposes.