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formation and maintenance of a Public Recreation Ground at Fulham,
for the use of the Inhabitants of Hammersmith and Fulham, in the
county of Middlesex, and for other purposes," which Bill is hereinafter
called "the Bill."
(2.) That the preamble of the Bill alleges among other things that
the formation of a Public Recreation Ground at Fulham, in the county
of Middlesex, to be devoted to the use and recreation of the public,
would be of great public advantage and conducive to the health and
enjoyment of the inhabitants of the Metropolis:—
That there is in the parish of All Saints, Fulham, in the county of
Middlesex, a large tract of land abutting on the River Thames, well
suited for the purpose of a public recreation ground, but unless the
same is shortly acquired for that purpose, it may be entirely built over
and a large poor and densely populated district be left without any
open space for purposes of recreation within a convenient distance:
That it is expedient for the purpose of the formation and maintenance
of the Recreation Ground to constitute a body of persons to be
called "The Conservators of the Hammersmith and Fulham Recreation
Ground," and to empower the said Conservators to enter into and
carry into effect any contract, agreements aud arrangements for the
formation and maintenance of such Recreation Ground:
That it is expedient that the Conservators should be empowered to
acquire the tract of, land aforesaid, and to obtain from the Metropolitan
Board of Works the funds for the purchase thereof and for the formation
of the Recreation Ground:
That it is expedient that the Conservators should be empowered to
obtain from the Fulham District Board of Works or other authority
hereafter having charge of the district in which the Recreation Ground
is situate, the necessary funds for the maintenance thereof:
(3). The Bill proposes to enact that there shall be appointed a
Board of Life Conservators of not more than nine persons, as a body
corporate, with a common seal, with power to take, dispose of, grant
and demise land and property, who shall consist of: the Right Reverend
The Lord Bishop of London for the time being; the Vicar of Fulham
for the time being ; the Vicar of Hammersmith for the time being ;
tbe Member or Members of Parliament for the time being of the Parliamentary
Borough ; the Member for the time being of the Metropolitan
Board of Works representing the Fulham District; a person to
be from time to time appointed by the Metropolitan Board of Works;
two persons appointed by the Fulham District Board of Works.
(4.) That byclause 9 of the Bill the Conservators may raise the
moneys necessary for the purchase of the said tract of land and the
formation of the Recreation Ground by requiring payment of the
same from the Metropolitan Board of Works.
(5.) That by clause 10 of the Bill the Conservators may require that
the Charity Commissioners shall allot to such extent as the said Charity
Commissioners may think desirable, a sum or sums of money not less