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churchyards wherever the expenses of such maintenance
and repair are repayable out of the Poor Rate under the
Burial Act, 1855. [Sec. 6 (1) (b).]
The powers exercisable, with the approval of the Local
Government Board, by the Board of Guardians for the
Poor Law Union comprising the parish, in respect of
the sale, exchange, or letting of any parish property.
[Sec. 6 (1) (d).]
Power to provide or acquire buildings for public offices and for
meetings, and for any purposes connected with parish
business, or with the powers or duties of the Vestry
[Sec. 8 (1) (a).]
Power to provide or acquire land for such buildings, and for a
recreation ground and public walks. [Sec. 8 (1) (b).]
Power to utilise any well or spring within the parish, and
provide facilities for obtaing water therefrom, but so as
not to interfere with the rights of any corporation or
persons. [Sec. 8 (1) (e).]
Power to acquire by agreement any right of way. [Sec. 8 (1) (g).]
Power to accept and hold any gifts of property, real or personal,
for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish or any part
thereof. [Sec. 8 (1) (h).]
Power to execute any works (including works of maintenance
or improvement) incidental to or consequential on the
exercise of any of the foregoing powers, or in relation to
any parish property, not being property relating to affairs
of the Church, or held for an ecclesiastical charity.
[Sec. 8 (1) (i).]
Power to contribute towards the expense of doing any of the
things above-mentioned, or to agree or combine with any
other parish for that purpose. [Sec. 8 (1) (k).]
Powers for compulsorily acquiring land by a prescribed procedure,
with the right of petition to the Local Government
Board for a local inquiry. [Sec. 9.]
Powers of a Parish Council to borrow money for the purposes
enumerated in Section 12.