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whom they serve, and the Bill now before Parliament
provides that the officers shall exchange this equitable
claim for an absolute right (subject to good conduct and
other conditions) to superannuation, and that in consideration
thereof they shall contribute a per-centage
of their salaries to the rates from which they are paid.
The Board presented a petition in favour of the Bill.
Local Authorities
Officers
Superannuation.
This Bill would apply to the whole of
England, and includes teachers and officers
of School Boards, officers of County Councils,
Borough Corporations, &c. These bodies have at
present no power to grant superannuation allowances.
The Board petitioned against the Bill.
School Board
Elections.
This Bill, which has been introduced by
Sir Blundell Maple, provides that for the
purpose of the next triennial election of Members and
of all subsequent elections of Members of the School
Board for London ever)' undivided Parliamentary
Borough in the Metropolis, and every division of every
divided Parliamentary Borough in the Metropolis, shall
be a Division entitled to return one Member of the
School Board for London, except that the City of
London shall be entitled to return two Members. The
Bill would, therefore, abolish the cumulative system of
voting now in force at School Board Elections. In
view of the large area, population, and rateable value of
the Borough of Wandsworth, compared with other
Boroughs and Divisions which would return a Member
of the School Board, the following petition was presented
to Parliament by the Board for an alteration of
the Bill so as to give the Borough two Members, viz.:—
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The Humble Petition of the Board of Works for the
Sheweth :- Wandsworth District, under their Common Seal.
i.—That your Petitioners are the Local Authority, constituted unc
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