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area. That the property qualification for Guardians he
abolished. That ratepayers be admitted as a matter of
right to Guardians' meetings. That able-bodied poor be
released at an early hour from the Casual Wards, when they
desire to obtain work. That it is desirable that a Royal
Commission be appointed to inquire into the working of the
present poor law system, and that this resolution be presented
to the President of the Local Government Board/''
The Vestry on 14th December adopted the following
resolution:— That the Vestry approve of the appointment
of a Royal Commission, and that a letter be sent to the Local
Government Board asking them to select one of their Commissioners
from Camberwell.
Itinerant
Musicians and
Street Criers.
The advisibility of dealing by way of license
with itinerant musicians was again before the
Committee which considered a letter referred to it from
the Vestry of Kensington, enclosing copy of a memorial
which it recently presented to the London County
Council, for more control to be exercised over itinerant
musicians and street criers of the Metropolis, and the reply
of the Council thereto stating "that the Council had come
to the conclusion that it was not expedient to make a
by-law for the suppression of street-criers and other street
nuisances, inasmuch as the Council had no power to enforce
the observance of the by-law when made."'
The Vestry on the 25th January, 1893, passed the
following resolution:— That the Vestry of Kensington be
informed that this Vestry approves the resolution of the
Committee of 25th January, 1893.