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Steam Engines (Persons in Charge), Criminal Law
Amendment, Local Government (Qualification of
Voters), Acquisition of Land (Local Authorities),
Rating of Machinery, Burials, Plumbers' Registration,
and the School Board for London (Elections) Bills.
Petitioned against or otherwise opposed the Shops (Early
Closing), London Sea Water Supply, London Valuation
and Assessment, City and West End Railway, Brompton
and Piccadilly Circus Railway, London County
Council (Water), London County Buildings, Local
Authorities (Officers') Superannuation, and the Franchise
and Removal of Women's Disabilities Bills.
LONDON COUNTY BUILDINGS BILL.
The Vestry's attention was called to this Bill, by
which power was sought to authorise the London
County Council to purchase and take land at Charing
Cross for the purpose of erecting larger and properly designed
buildings and offices (the cost of the lands being
estimated at £851,000), and the Vestry passed a resolution
expressing an opinion that it would be injudicious to
commit the ratepayers to the extent proposed by the Bill,
having regard to the probability of legislation affecting
London Local Government in the near future.
BROMPTON AND PICCADILLY CIRCUS RAILWAY
BILL.
This Bill received the careful consideration of the Vestry.
The Bill proposed to authorise the construction of an
Underground Electric Railway from Air Street, Piccadilly,
to South Kensington. The Scheme included in the limits
of deviation the whole of the carriageways of Piccadilly.
It was proposed under the Bill to construct a station and