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An application for use of Hall for a meeting of ratepayers on
31st inst., not granted.
Feb. 1st.
56 Members present.
The report of the Finance Committee was adopted.
The report of the Sanitary Committee recommending—
(1) That the owner of houses in Senrab Street be informed
that many of them, if built according to the plans,
will have to be dealt with under Artizan and Labourers
Dwellings Act, 1868, as soon as inhabited;
(2) That the Metropolitan Board of Works be informed
that in the opinion of the Vestry, an amendment of
the law enabling the sanitary authorities to order
moveable dust receptacles, to be provided by owners
of property, is desirable;
(3) That Messrs. Edie's tender to supply gully grates and
frames at £5 10s. per ton be accepted;
was adopted.
The Report of the Dusting and Cleansing Committee
recommending the acceptance of tenders,
(1) Of Messrs. Rathbone, to supply 100 quarters of oats, at
14/6,
(2) Of Mr. Husband's, to supply 25 quarters of beans, at
41/-,
was adopted.
The Report of the Surveyor, under the Artizan and Labourers
Dwellings Act, in respect of 48, Ducket Street, was received, and
copies thereof, and of the Report of the Medical Officer of Health,
were directed to be sent to the owners, and the time and place
for hearing objections fixed.
The Precept of the Metropolitan Board of Works, for £ 12,829
3s. 11d. received.
Communications from the Assessment Committee, and Clerk
to the Vestry, with reference to charges made against them
respectively by Mr. Richardson, a member of the Vestry, were
received, and ordered to be entered in the minutes; and Mr.
Richardson was heard in reply.
The use of the Hall for a meeting of ratepayers, refused.
The use of the Hall, on the application of Sir E. H. Currie,
for the Tuesday Orchestral practice, connected with the People's
Palace, granted for 4 weeks.
An application to hire the Hall, refused.
A resolution passed that the Representative of the Vestry, at
the Metropolitan Board of Works, be invited to attend any
Committee if thought advisable, but that he take no voting part
except in the Committee of which he is an elected member.
A Resolution passed that where practicable, the actual
amcunts of all contracts entered into, be printed on the agenda,
prior to their being sealed.
A Resolution passed that the Surveyor clear away Sunday
1 raders from the waste, and that he be indemnified for so doinef.
Feb.15th.
44 Members present.
The Report of the Finance Committee recommending—
(1) That the Vestry agree that the use of official ballot
papers should be compulsory at Vestry Elections; and