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relation to the making and collection of the Poor Rate. In several
parishes in London these powers and duties are, under Local Acts,
exercised by the Vestry, and those Vestries will therefore be deprived
of such powers and duties in future.
Clause 12 relates to the liability of the City of London to the
London County Rate, in the matter chiefly of expenses of Assizes and
Sessions.
Clause 13 provides that where the whole of a Poor Law Union is
within one Borough the Assessment Committee is to be appointed by
the Borough Council instead of by the Board of Guardians. As the
Wandsworth and Clapham Union is not wholly within the Wandsworth
District the section would not apply here.
Clauses 14 and 15 deal with the appointment of Commissioners to
prepare such orders and schemes as may be required to carry the Act
into effect. As the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882,
are applied to the schemes it would appear that petitions may be presented
against them by certain local authorities,—as for instance, the
Burial Boards in this District,—or by not less than one-twentieth of the
owners and ratepayers. The scheme would then require confirmation
by Parliament.
Clause 16 provides that a parish shall not be situate in more than
one Borough. The Privy Council may divide a parish into parts for the
purpose of giving effect to the section.
Clause 17 provides that every part of a parish which is wholly
detached from the principal part of the parish shall be annexed to or
divided between any of the Boroughs which it adjoins. This provision
affects this District, as there are detached parts of the parishes of
Clapham and Streatham. The clause also provides that where a
detached part of a parish in the County of London is surrounded by
any other County or Counties such detached part of a parish shall be
made part of such County. This would affect the small detached part
of the parish of Putney which adjoins the River Thames in the parish
of Barnes. No provision appears to be made for compensation for a
Borough losing detached parts of parishes under the section. The
clause also provides that where the County of London surrounds a
detached part of a parish in another County the detached part of the
parish shall become part of the County of London. This would
apparently not affect this District.
Clauses 18 and 19 deal with the cases of Woolwich and Penge.
Clause 20 provides that any powers or duties of a Vestry which
relate to the affairs of the Church, or any interest of a Vestry in any