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members, one appointed by the Corporation of London, the
London County Council, the Surrey County Council and the Kent
County Council respectively, and four members of the Company,
and proposed to authorise the Company to borrow a sum not
exceeding £75,000, to set aside year by year such equal annual
sums as would be sufficient to amount in 50 years to £250,000,
and that such fund should be applicable exclusively for the purpose
of redeeming the first Debenture Stock (£250,000); to raise
a national fund for the purchase of annuities for the repayment of
the £75,000 and £250,000 respectively above referred to; and
provided that if in any year the funds should not be sufficient to
pay the whole amount of instalments of principal and interest on
such sums the deficiency was to be contributed by the Corporation
of London, the London County Council, the Surrey County
Council and the Kent County Council. The Council petitioned
against the Bill, which was withdrawn.
42. The object of this Bill was to confer the municipal franchise
upon Mercantile Corporations and Companies
which pay a large proportion of the rates and yet
have no votes. This Council petitioned in favour
of the Bill, which, however, was not proceeded with.
43. The object of this Bill was to allow Municipal Authorities
to adopt for their elections a system of proportional
representation. The Council petitioned in favour
thereof, but the Bill was not proceeded with. A similar Bill has
been introduced during the present Session.
44. This Bill provided that every person should be entitled to
be registered as a voter who was of full age and
not subject to any legal incapacity, and had been
an occupier of or lodger in any house during the three months
preceding the 24th June. The Council petitioned against this Bill,
which was dropped.
45. This Bill proposed to constitute the County of London a
single Parliamentary Borough, and to amend the
law relating to the Lists and Registers of Voters
and the holding of Elections in London. It provided that the Clerk
of the London County Council should be the Returning Officer for
the whole County, and that a Special Revising Barrister should be
appointed to deal with duplicate entries. The Council petitioned
Mercantile
Corporations
and Companies
(Municipal
Franchise 1.
Municipal
Representation.
Voters (Qualification
and
Registration).
London
Elections.