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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
In accordance with the local Act of Parliament, the
Vestry on the 9th day of April, 1896, nominated eight
parishioners to serve the office of Overseers of the Poor.
The names of these gentlemen were submitted to the
Justices of the Peace, at a Petty Sessions held at the
Vestry Hall, when the following were appointed Overseers
for the year 1896-7:—
Mr. James Pearce, 20 Crown Court.
Mr. William Hill, 189, Piccadilly.
Mr. Leonard Elston Macqueen, 35, Great Pulteney
Street.
Mr. George Angold, 14, Broad Street.
APPLICATION FOR ORDER FOR APPOINTING
OVERSEERS AND CERTAIN POWERS POSSESSED
BY PARISH COUNCILS.
The attention of the Vestry having been called to the
desirability of applying to the Local Government Board for
an Order under Section 33 of the Local Government Act,
1894, conferring upon the Vestry the power of appointing
Overseers and certain powers possessed by Parish Councils,
the Vestry Clerk submitted a report on the subject as
follows:—
REPORT by Vestry Clerk on the reference by the Vestry of
the 1st October, 1896, to the Parliamentary Bills Committee
to consider and report as to the desirability of applying to
the Local Government Board for an Order under Section
33 of the Local Government Act, 1894, conferring upon