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Streatham Charities. 17.—Article 30 of the Streatham Charities Scheme provides
that out of the clear yearly income of the Dorothy
Appleby Charity a yearly sum of £5 is to be applied
by the Trustees in apprenticeships, and that the residue of the
said income is to be applied in accordance with the existing trusts,
provided that the local authority to whom any part of the said
income is paid is to make such provision as will give to the
parish of Streatham the benefit of such payment by way of
reduction of the rates. The trusts provide for the residue of the
income to be applied to and for the repair of the portion of the
High Road between Streatham Church and Brixton.
In December last the Trustees of the Streatham Charities
passed the following resolutions on the subject of the provisions
of this clause, viz.:—
"Having regard to the fact (a) that the duty of repairing the roads in
"the above-mentioned parish has devolved upon the Council of the
"above-mentioned Borough, and "(b) that the expense of such repairs is
"chargeable upon the rates of the Borough, and (c) that the amount pay"able
to the Council out of the income of the said charities towards the
"said expenses does not on an average exceed the sum of £200, which is
"less than one-tenth of the amount raised by a rate of 1d. in the pound
"in the above Parish, and (d) that it is practically impossible for the
"Council as the local authority to comply with the direction contained
"in Article 30 of the above-mentioned Scheme, viz.:—to make such
"provisions as will give to the Parish of Streatham the benefit of such
"payment by way of reduction of the rates on the Parish";—
"(1) That it is most desirable that the trusts of the said Charities
"of Dorothy Appleby and John Wilford be varied so that after applying
"the yearly sum of £5 out of the clear yearly income of the Dorothy
"Appleby Charity for apprenticing as in the said Article 30 is mentioned
"the residue of the said income and the clear yearly income of the John
"Wilford Charity shall cease to be applicable to the repair of the roads,
"or to be payable to the local authority, but shall be applied by the
"Trustees in manner directed by Article 31 of the Scheme."
"(2) That the Charity Commissioners be requested to take such
"steps by the application to Parliament or otherwise as may be neces"sary
to enable the above resolution to be carried into effect and to vary
"the said Trusts accordingly, and to make such modification in the said
"scheme as they may deem expedient.
"(3) That the Council of the Borough of Wandsworth be requested
"to concur in the above or like resolution."