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108 BOROUGH OF PAPDINGTON.
Advertising Stations (Rating).
Bribery and Corruption.
School Board for London (Pensions) Bill.
The action taken on some of these measures may
be noted as follows:—
School Board Election Bill.
A Conference of Representatives from several
Metropolitan Vestries and District Boards of Works
convened by the Paddington Vestry, was held at the
Paddington Vestry Hall, Mr. Mark H. Judge in the
Chair, on Wednesday, April 18th, 1888. The following
resolutions were passed:—
"That the most convenient area for School Board electoral
purposes in the Metropolis would be the Parliamentary divisions."
"That each electoral division should have one member, with
the exception of the City, which should have two members."
"That the cumulative system of voting at School Board
Elections should be abolished."
"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."
"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."
"That all expenses for School Board Election purposes, paid
for out of the rates, should be subject to revision, by taxation or
otherwise."
"That the Resolutions which have been passed by the Conference
be forwarded to the Members of Her Majesty's Government,
the Metropolitan Members of Parliament, the School Board for
London, and the several Vestries and District Boards of the
Metropolis, with a letter requesting them to support such amendments
in the School Board Election Bill as will give effect to the
Resolutions of the Conference."