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Churchwardens
&
Overseers.
At the meeting of the Vestry on Easter Tuesday, 1885,
Messrs. Alfred Furness and J. D. Kemp were again re-elected
Churchwardens, and Messrs. C. H. Bardouleau, A. E. Wood,
T. Cook and B. Cundick were elected Overseers for the ensuing
year.
Parliamentary.
The Parliamentary Committee have again had before them,
reports by the Clerk to the Vestry on nearly 100 Bills and
proceedings in Parliament, to all of which they have given
serious attention, and, upon the recommendation of the Committee,
the Vestry took the steps mentioned in the following table with
respect to the several proceedings therein mentioned.
Session
Title of Bill.
Nature of Steps
Taken.
1885
Water Companies (Regulation of Powers)
Petition in favor.
Metropolis Management Amendment
„ to amend.
Hyde Park Corner
„ against.
Corporation of London (Tower Bridge)
„ in favor, to
House of Lords.
Hampstead Heath Enlargement
„ against
1886
Metropolitan Board of Works (Water
Supply)
„ in favor of
part.
Metropolitan Board of Works (Stacking
of Firewood)
„ against.
Metropolitan Board of Works (Theatres,
&c.)
„ to amend to
include all public
buildings.
Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday
Petition against,
Employers' Liability Act (1880) Amendment
(No. 2)
„ „
Metropolitan Street Improvement Act,
1877, Amendment
„ „
Beer Adulteration
„ in favor.
In addition to those above mentioned attention was given to
several other Bills mentioned in the previous annual report and
which had not been wholly completed.
Water.
Companies.
The question has at last been settled as to what is the
"annual value" upon which Water Companies are entitled to
base their charge, and it has been enacted that the new Rateable
Value as it appears in the Valuation List is henceforth to
be taken as such "annual value." This is one step in the right
direction.
Corpratn.
of London
Tower
(Bridge.)
The Vestry find the greatest pleasure in being able to report
that the Corporation of London succeeded in getting Parliamentary
sanction to enable them to construct a Bridge over the Thames
at the Tower, and have since then taken such active steps in
relation to the matter, that there is every prospect of the work
being completed within the time (4 years) allowed by the Act.
Metropolitan
Man
agement
Amendment.
Among the Bills was one for amending the Metropolis Management
Acts and increasing the number of representatives at
the Metropolitan Board of Works of certain of the Parishes in
the Metropolis. The Vestry were of opinion that, before