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force in London, the power proposed to be given to the
London County Council to make Bye-Laws regulating the
duties of Vestries in regard to sanitary matters having been
defeated in the House of Commons, and the Vestry is
empowered to make such Bye-Laws with the approval of
the Local Government Board.
A letter was received from the Vestry of
St. James', Westminster, enclosing report as to
the London Water Supply, and stating that it was their
intention to hold a Conference, and asking that this Vestry
would appoint three members to attend to consider the
subject, and as to the desirability of inviting Her Majesty's
Government to introduce a Bill into Parliament for one of
the following purposes:—
I. To confer upon the London County Council the
power (a) to acquire by compulsion the several Water
Companies' undertakings; or (b) to establish a competing
supply.
II. To require the Water Companies to supply water
by meter at a fixed tariff.
At this same meeting of the Vestry it was also resolved
to affix the seal to a Petition to the House of Commons
with reference to the Quinquennial Valuation and Water
Companies' charges. On the 18th of June the Vestry
determined to appoint Messrs. Clarke, Relph, and Murphy
to be the delegates to the Conference convened by the
Vestry of St. James, Westminster, as to the London Water
Supply.