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6 JULY, 1892.
was nearly always elected to take the Chair at the Vestry
meetings, and was elected a member of one of the Committees,
and generally acted as a Vestryman in all ways, and yet he
was not an elected Vestryman.
That taking all the circumstances into consideration, your
Committee came to the conclusion that taking counsel's
opinion would be incurring unnecessary cost, and therefore
resolved to recommend—That 110 further steps be taken in
the matter.
Signed
o. w. PEACOCK.
HENRY CUSHEN.
JOHN BROWN.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. T. Cook and resolved
—That the Report be received.
Moved by Mr. Cushen seconded by Mr. Upton—That the
Report be adopted.
Moved by Mr. Brown seconded by Mr. Catmur as an
amendment—That Counsel's opinion be taken on the matter.
The amendment was submitted to a show of hands and the
Chairman declared it lost, and then submitted the motion and
declared it carried, and it was resolved accordingly.
VIII. The Report of Committee No. 2 was brought up as follows:
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Report of Committee No. 2.
For Highways, Paving, Lighting and Watering.
Wednesday, 6th July, 1892.
Your Committee beg to report that they met on Wednesday,
the 29th day of June, ult., there being present Messrs.
Hirst, H. E. Ludbrook, A. Moore, R. Kemp, J. Druitt,
J. J. Musto, J. Smith, Robertson, Loftus, Wood, Andrews,
Toye, and Mardorf.
That your Committee proceeded to the election of a Chairman
for the ensuing year, and unanimously elected Mr.
Rowland Hirst to that office.
(1) That your Surveyor brought up and read a Report for
which your Committee beg to refer your Board to his Report
Book.
That your Committee considered the tenders for the supply
of Broken Guernsey Granite referred by vour Board, and
resolved to recommend—That the tender of Messrs. R. L. & J.
Fennings be accepted for the supply of 1,000 instead of 1,500
tons of Broken Guernsey Granite, at 12/9 per ton.