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for the amount. At the last-mentioned meeting, the offer of
Mr. S. W. Seaton to repair the party wall to the satisfaction of the
District Surveyor, upon the Vestry paying £4 towards the cost was
accepted, subject to the work being carried out to the satisfaction of the
Surveyor. A cheque for £300 further, on account of his commission, was
drawn in favor of the Architect, on the 19th March, 1890, and on the same
day the rooms for the various departments in the Town Hall were
allocated as marked on the plan. The Vestry agreed to take up the loan
of £2800 offered by the London County Council, for 30 years, at 3½ per
cent. interest, and they directed application to be made to the London
County Council for their sanction to this Vestry borrowing the balance
required for the Town Hall—viz., £10,307—in order to prevent the serious
injustice to ratepayers which would be caused by the Vestry being
compelled to make a rate for the amount required. Later on in the
meeting, Mr. Germaine attended, and explained what had taken place with
reference to the Vestry's application for a loan of £13,107, and stated that
Lord Lingeu, the Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Council, had
promised to use his influence in support of the Vestry if an application were
made for permission to borrow the sum required, and a resolution was
unanimously carried thanking Messrs. Germaine and Beal for the action
they had taken in reference to this matter.
MORTUARY.
At the meeting of the Vestry, held on the 3rd April, 1889, the seal of the
Vestry was affixed to the deed of conveyance and memorial re the
Mortuary, and the matter was referred to the Works Committee to carry
out. On the 24th April, 1889, the Vestry, on the recommendation of the
Works Committee, authorised the Surveyor to place some piers in the
walls of Mortuary, as required by Mr. Moseley, at a cost not exceeding
£10; and on the 8th May, 1889, the Vestry resolved that application be
made to the London County Council for a loan of £1020 on account of the
Mortuary, to be spread over 30 years. A cheque for £100 in favor of
Mr. Cox, re the building the Mortuary, was drawn on 29th May, 1889, and
on the 7th August, 1889, the Finance Committee reported that a policy for
£1000 on the Mortuary building had been taken out by the contractor.
The Vestry, on the 16th October, 1889, authorised the Acting Clerk to sign
the contract with the Gas Light and Coke Company for the supply of gas
to the Mortuary, subject to the builder agreeing to pay for any gas he may
use ; and on the 13th November, 1889, the Vestry resolved to obtain the
co-operation of the Vestries and District Boards in the Metropolis in
petitioning the Local Government Board to procure parliamentary powers to
apply the Public Health Act, 1875, so far as it relates to mortuaries, to the
Metropolis, and the Solicitor was instructed to draw up the Vestry s