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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
consider the following resolutions, which were
passed by the Vestry. [The Conference was held
in April, 1888.]
(а) "That the most convenient areas for School Board
electoral purposes in the Metropolis would be the Parliamentary
Divisions, with one Member for each Division.
(b) "That the cumulative system of voting at School Board
Elections should be abolished.
(c) "That casual vacancies occurring on the School Board
should be filled up by a vote of the Ratepayers, and not as at
present, by the Members of such Board.
(d) "That a Returning Officer should be appointed for each
School Board Division, and that the office of Returning Officer for
the whole of the Metropolis should be abolished.
(e) "That the Returning Officer should be nominated by the
Education Department from the Vestry Clerks, or other officers
appointed under the Metropolis Local Management Act.
(f) "That all expenditure for School Board Election purposes,
paid for out of the rates, should be subject to revision by
taxation or otherwise.
(g) "That the total cost of carrying out an election of members
of the School Board in the suggested increased number of constituencies
should not exceed the total cost of carrying out an
election in the existing constituencies, upon the revised scale laid
down by the Education Department."
The Local Government Bill.
This Bill has been generally approved by the
Vestry, and is receiving the special attention which
it deserves as a great measure of reform affecting
the Metropolis.