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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
Sale of Food and Drugs Act (1875) Amendment,
Valuation (Metropolis) Amendment B,
Vestrymen's Qualification Bill,
Liquor Traffic (Local Control),
London Equalisation of Rates,
Public Health (London) Act 1891, Amendment,
Local Government,
L.C.C. Improvements,
Central London Railway,
London Streets and Buildings,
L.C.C. General Powers 1894,
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company.
XXXV. Local Government Act, 1894.
The above-mentioned Act, commonly called the
Parish Councils Act, is one of the most important
extensions of Local Government of modern times,
and will cause a complete change in the electorate,
the qualification of members, and the mode of election.
The following is an abstract of the Act:—
The Vicar and Churchwardens will continue to
be ex-officio members, but the former will not occupy
the chair by virtue of office, as heretofore.
The persons entitled to vote at Future Elections
of Vestrymen and Auditors will be the Parochial
Electors, that is to say, persons registered in either
the Local Government Register or the Parliamentary
Register.