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Petition sealed and
sent to Local
Government Hoard.
Result.
other than the registers of baptism, marriages and burials, and Church or
ecclesiastical charity books and documents. A petition embodying
the above application was duly prepared, sealed by
the Vestry, and sent to the Local Government Board, who—
up to the time of preparing this report—had intimated that
they would be prepared to make their order in respect to
Nos. 1 and 4, but that they must decline to make an order for No. 2; also
that they were in communication with the Charity Commissioners in respect of
No. 3, and so soon as they heard from the Commissioners they would communicate
further with the Vestry thereon.
Resignations, &c.
Alteration in Composition of Vestry.
Between the 15th December, 1894, the date of election
under the Local Government Act, 1894, and the 16th May,
1896, the day of election for 1896, the following changes
have taken place:—
Bennetts, Mr. W. Paul
Brand, Mr. W. H.
Davies, Dr. T.
Gibson, Mr. G. J.
Greenwood, Mr. C.
Harrison, Mr. H. T.
Millbank, Mr. E. L. G.
Thelwall, Mr. W. H.
Resigned 1st January, 1896
do. 15th April, 1896
Seat declared vacant 27th November, 1895
do. do. 15th April, 1896
do. do. 27th November, 1895
Died March, 1896
do.
Resigned 15th April, 1896
The vacancies created by the Messrs. Davies and Greenwood's seats
being declared vacant, were filled up on the 19th December, 1895, when
Messrs. Job Walborn and Guillaume Francois Vallat were respectively
elected. In May, 1896, Mr. Vallat resigned, and a casual election, to fill
the vacancy thus created, was held on the 16th May, 1896, the same day
as the elections for the ordinary vacancies.
Amalgamation of City and County of London.
Report of
Law & Parliamentary
Committee.
On the 8th May, 1895, the Law and Parliamentary
Committee reported to the Vestry that, having carefully
considered the report of the Royal Commission and other
papers and documents bearing on the subject, they deemed
it advisable that a Charter of Incorporation conferring on the parish of
Fulham the rights and privileges of a municipality should be obtained,
whereupon the Vestry referred the matter to a general
Action of Vestry.
Chairman
of Committee.
London County
Council Conference.
Committee of the whole Vestry, to obtain full information
as to how this question will affect the Parish financially and
otherwise. This Committee appointed Mr. F. A. Jewson
as their Chairman, and Mr. Baker as their Vice-Chairman,
and have held several meetings on the matter, but, as the
London County Council in January last convened a Conference
between representatives of the Council and of the various local
authorities to consider and report what powers now possessed by the Council
should be transferred to the local authorities in order forthwith to facilitate
the carrying into effect of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on