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Local Government Act, 1894.
11. A special report by myself upon the effect of the
Local Government Act, 1894, on the constitution and
powers of this Board has been published. It is only
necessary therefore to add that by an Order of the 23rd
March, 1895, (amended by an Order of 4th April, 1895),
the Local Government Board, with the concurrence of
this Board, amongst other things, transferred from the
Justices to the Vestries of the Parishes of Charlton and
Kidbrook, within this district, the duty of appointing
Overseers for such Parishes respectively.
Increase of Number of Members.
12. Consequent on an application made by the Vestry
of Charlton on the 12th July, 1895, to the London County
Council, to re-apportion the number of members of this
Board, the Council decided to grant the request. It
appears that, from the account of the population in 1891,
the relative number of inhabited houses in the parishes
forming the district was found to have varied from that
shown by the last previous census.
The Council, by order
dated 12th November, 1895, and by virtue of the powers
contained in section 33 of the Metropolis Management
Act, 1855, and the Local Government Act of 1888, ordered
that the number of members of this Board should be
altered from 33 to 39, and be elected for the parishes in
the numbers following, i.e. :—