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Streatham Ward Henderson, J. V.
Hewett, W. J.
Balham Ward Curtis, F.
Tooting Ward Cudsen, J.
Springfield Ward Milestone, W. C.
No less than twenty local authorities having
Committees.
been merged in the Council, it is evident
that an immense amount of work was required to
transfer the duties of those authorities to the various
Committees, and to set in motion the machinery for
carrying on such duties. The list of Committees
appointed is printed on pages 7 and 8, and a statement
of their duties in Appendix "A." The Council
has the satisfaction of recording that, although this
work rendered necessary frequent and prolonged
sittings of the Committees for some months, the
transfer was effected and the business of the various
departments continued without any hitch in the
arrangements.
Bye-Laws.
A. special Committee was appointed to
draft the Bye Laws or Standing Orders,
and the Council passed a vote of thanks to Alderman
Sir Alfred Dryden, Bart. (the Chairman) and the
Committee for their valuable services in the matter.
Libraries
Committee.
The Council having decided that the
Libraries Committee should consist of
sixteen Members of the Council and sixteen persons
not Members of the Council, the following gentlemen
(who are not Members of the Council) were appointed
Members of the Committee, viz.:—
Clapham:—Rev. C. P. Greene, B.A., Messrs. C. G. Hennings,
H. Morgan and Dr. J. Sutcliffe.
Putney:—Messrs. T. Gilbert, W. J. Gilks, W. H. Meyrick
and Rev. S. Todd.
Streatham:—Messrs. R. W. Essex, W. F. Massingham, J. F.
Watson and Rev. H. Barron.
Wandsworth:—Messrs. G. W. Eccles, W. Hicks, Rev. W.
Reed, M.A. and Rev. W. G. Tarrant, B.A.