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REPORT, 1899-1900.
the new Boroughs to run generally along the centres
of streets, and many advantages in respect to
simplicity of administration will result from the
adoption of this course, though considerable labour
will be involved in making equitable arrangements
between adjoining Boroughs touching the maintenance
and repair of roadways, it being manifestly impossible
for adjoining authorities to repair that half which
actually is vested in them when the boundary line
runs longitudinally along the centre of the roadway.
The northern boundary of the present parish has
been in no way interfered with, as the Act gives
no authority to the Commissioners to adjust boundaries
of parishes unless both be situate within the administrative
County of London.
The following is copy Order relating to Councillors
and Wards:—
LONDON COUNTY.
Boroughs.
The Borough of Paddington (Councillors and Wards)
Order in Council, 1900.
At the Court at Windsor, the 29th Day of June, 1900.
Present:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by the Borough of Paddington Order in Council
1900 the area therein described is as from the commencement
of that Order formed into a metropolitan borough (in this Order