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Rating of Machinery Bill
School Board for London (Superannuations) Bill
Superannuations (Officers of County Councils) Bill
Voters' Successive Occupation Bill.
Police
Control of
The Vestry resolved to agree with the resolution
passed by the Vestry of Battersea in favour
of the Police (Metropolis) Bill for placing the Police of the
Metropolis under the control of the London County Council.
Bye-Laws,
Revision of
The Vestry held in October, Special Meetings
for the purpose of revising the Bye-Laws and
Standing Orders of the Vestry, and a copy of the same as
finally agreed to is printed at the end of the Annual Report.
Ward
Boundaries
By a resolution of the Vestry of the 27th
November, 1889, on the motion of Mr. E.R. Phillips,
a Special Committee was appointed by the Vestry to consider
the revision of the Boundaries of the Wards and the
Division of the Wards into Polling Districts, and in
February a Deputation, headed by Mr. Edwin Jones, L.C.C.,
attended the Vestry and presented a memorial soliciting the
Vestry to take into consideration the question of the
boundaries and polling places in the parish for elections.
The Committee appointed Mr. Churchwarden Hurst Chairman,
held many meetings, and ultimately made the
following Report to the Vestry:—
Wards and
Polling
Districts
That your Committee have taken into con-
sideration the reference of the Vestry, together
with the memorial presented by the Deputation of Ratepayers,
who attended the Vestry in favour of an alteration
being made in the Wards and Polling Districts in the Peckham
Division, and also to the other Wards of the Parish.