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who would secure a monopoly for their business, and no
provision is made in the Act for compelling the Company
to contribute towards the rates raised in your Petitioners'
District.
That the preamble of the Act is incapable of proof.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that this Act may
not pass into a law, and that they may be heard by themselves,
their Counsel, Agents, and Witnesses against the same and the
Preamble thereof, and in support of their objections thereto, and
that they may have such other relief in the premises as to your
right honourable House may seem meet.
And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.
Sealed by order,
THOMAS EDWARD JONES,
Clerk to the Board.
18th March, 1885.
The Bill was subsequently withdrawn.
bishop's meadow recreation ground.
As stated in the last Annual Report the Metropolitan
Board of Works had been asked to accept and lay out
this meadow as an open space at the cost of the
Metropolis, but in spite of the efforts of your representative
the Metropolitan Board arrived at the conclusion
that it was not expedient to comply with this
Board's request.
The question as to how the meadow is to be dealt
with as regards laying it out is still under consideration.
Dwelling-house inspection bill.
Your Board having had this Bill under consideration,
also copy of a resolution passed by the Lambeth Vestry
as follows:—
"That in the opinion of this Vestry the power sought to be
given to the Local Government Board in Clause 3 of
the Dwelling-Houses Inspection Bill would be antagonistic
to full freedom of action on the part of the
Vestries, inconsistent with the spirit of the Metropolis
Local Management Act. 1855, altogether unnecessary,
and should be resisted."
Resolved to petition against the Bill, and accordingly the
following petition was presented:—