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A copy of this resolution was forwarded to each of the other
Metropolitan Borough Councils with a request that if they concurred
with the views of this Council on the subject they would
support the application of this Council. Sixteen of the Borough
Councils concurred in the views of this Council and three were of
opinion that no place of worship of any denomination should be
exempt from liability to pay a proportion of the cost of paving a
new street upon which it abuts. The County Council has since
asked the Local Government Board to obtain such an amendment
of the law as will secure uniformity of treatment in the case
of all churches, chapels, or other buildings used exclusively and
irrevocably for purposes of religious worship.
Combined Drainage. 33.—The deputation appointed by the Conference convened
by the Battersea Borough Council on this subject
waited upon Mr. Long, the President of the Local
Government Board on Thursday, the 18th June, 1903. The deputation
was introduced by Sir A. K. Rollit, M.P., and the Mayor,
Mr. P. M. Thornton, M.P., and the Town Clerk represented this
Borough. Mr. Long stated that he recognised the existence of
a very serious difficulty and thought it could only be remedied by
the intervention of the Government; that he fully accepted the
situation and would give to the solution of the matter his most
careful and earnest consideration.
Association of Metropolitan Borough Councils. 34.—The Mayor (Councillor Lorden, J.P.), Alderman
Anderson, and the Town Clerk have been
appointed this Council's representatives upon the
Association of Metropolitan Borough Councils.
The objects of the Association are, "inter alia" to discuss in conference
questions of London Government, to exchange opinions
thereon, and to advise and assist the Members of the Association
in the administration of their powers and duties.
Electric Lighting. 35.—The scheme for the supply of electric current generated
by power obtained from the Tooting Dust
Destructor referred to in the last report has been
prepared by Mr. W. P. Adams and is at present under the consideration
of the Council.