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Camberwell Vestry.
BY-LAWS
AND
STANDING ORDERS.
The Vestry of the Parish of Camberwell
(Schedule A) was constituted under the Metropolis
Local Management Act of 1855, in order that provision
should be made for the better Local Management.
of the Parish in respect to the sewerage and
drainage, and the paving, cleansing, lighting, and
improvements thereof. Save the power of making
Church Rates, all the duties, powers and privileges
(including such as relate to the affairs of the Church),
which might have been performed or exercised by the
3pen Vestry:—
(a) under the Local Acts of 1813 and 1833,
or otherwise;
(b) under the General Highway Act of 1835;
(c) under the General Paving Metropolis
Act, 1817 (Michael Angelo Taylor's
Act);