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or, by the Authorities under the Local Acts of
1775, 1786 and 1814; at the time of the passing of
the Act of 1855, shall be deemed to have become
transferred and vested in the Vestry. Metropolis
Local Management Amendment Act, 185G, Sects. 1,
2, and 3.
The Vestry shall consist of 84 persons rated
or assessed to the relief of the poor upon a rateable
value of not less than £25 per annum, elected in six
wards, viz: 1, 2, and 3, 12 members each; 4 and 5,
15 members each; 6, 18 members, of whom one-third
shall be elected annually in the month of May every
year by the parishioners rated to the relief of the
poor. The Vicar and Churchwardens shall constitute
part of the Vestry, and shall vote therein in addition
to the elected Vestrymen. Metropolis Local Management
Act, 1855, Sects. 1 to 6, and Order in Council
dated 19th day of October, 1855.
Vestries of Parishes
in Schedule (A)
incorporated.
The Vestry shall be a
body corporate by the name of "The
Vestry of the Parish of Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey," and the Vestry shall by such Name
have perpetual succession and a common seal, and
shall sue and be sued, and have power and authority
(without any license in mortmain) to take, purchase,
and hold land. Metropolis Local Management Act,
1855, Sect. 42.