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METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT,
18th & 19th Victoria, Cap. 120.
The Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Lambeth.
SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
In the Report of the present year it is necessary to advert to
that already presented to the Vestry. During the first parochial
year the operations of the Vestry were, to a certain extent, of a
theoretical character, considerable time having been spent in
constituting Committees, framing Bye Laws, and defining the
duties of the Officers, in order that the Act might be put into
efficient operation. The Vestry were also engaged in determining
the expediency of negociating Loans, for the purpose of effecting
Improvements of an important and permanent nature, in respect
of New Sewerage Works, Repair of Highways, &c. It is conceived
the paramount object of the Legislature, in extending,
or calling into fuller exercise, the representative principles
evolved by the Act, was, that the great benefits arising from
improved Sewerage Works, better Roads and Footpaths, and
Watering of Roads, and more efficient Lighting thereof, should
be extended over the entire Parish, and not confined to sections
or favored portions. In the operations of the Vestry, this has
been adhered to as far as practicable, so that general taxation
might be followed by general improvement.
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