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6 JULY, 1892.
and that the No. 1 Committee be instructed to take the
necessary measures for the carrying out of this recommendation.
Signed
henry cushen.
charles lacey.
h. t. a. chidgey.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Furness and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Birks and resolved
—That the Report be adopted, and it was resolved accordingly.
VII. The Report of Special Committee re Mr. Churchwarden
Coker's right to attend meetings of the Vestry, was brought
up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Special Committee,
Re Mr. Churchwarden Coker's right to attend meetings of
the Vestry.
Wednesday, June 8th, 1892.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Friday the
3rd inst., there being present Messrs. Peacock Cushen, Davis,
Crockford, and Brown.
That your Committee considered Section 2 of the Metropolis
Management Act, 1855, which contains the following proviso:
"Provided also that the incumbent and churchwardens
"of each such Parishes shall constitute a part of the
"Vestry and shall vote therein in addition to the elected
"Vestrymen."
That a reference to ascertain the meaning of the words
"such parishes" shows that they refer to the parishes mentioned
in schedules A and B to the Act, one of those in
schedule A being this Hamlet.
The Committee would point out that the Rector of Stepney
has always been considered to have a right to attend the
meetings of the Vestry, and receives a summons for every
meeting.
That the Churchwardens have important duties to perform
is shewn by the various Sections of the Act dealing with the
Elections of Vestrymen, &c., as they are thereby constituted
the Returning Officers.
That a reference to precedent shews that between the
years 1866 and 1869, Mr. Edward Lionel Johnson was one of
the Churchwardens of this Hamlet, and during two years he