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(2) That the Architects be instructed to prepare estimates and designs, and
submit the same to the next meeting of the Committee, and that such
Committee have power to act in the matter.
On 16th February, 1897, the Vestry Resolved—That the marble tablet be placed on
the right-hand side of the vestibule, ground floor.
On 2nd March, 1897, the Vestry Resolved—That the tablet to be provided for the opening
ceremony inscription and the names of the present members of the Vestry, be of white
Carara marble with gilt letters, and that the Architects be instructed accordingly, and
authorised to at once proceed with the matter as far as possible.
On 16th March, 1897, the Vestry Resolved—That the names be placed upon the tablet
in the following order:—
Chairman.
Vice-Chairman.
Churchwardens.
Members of Vestry in alphabetical order of names.
Clerk.
Architects.
Builder.
Opening Ceremony.
On 2nd February, 1897, the Vestry unanimously Resolved—That an invitation be
forwarded to Mrs. Carr-Gomm, the Lady of the Manor, who laid the foundation stone, to
visit Rotherhithe on the 24th March for the purpose of performing the opening ceremony of
the Town Hall Buildings in the Lower Road.
Programme.
On 2nd February, 1897, the Vestry Resolved--upon the motion of Mr. Vice-Chairman
Bisley, seconded by Mr. Mortimer—That in order to comply with the regulations of the
London County Council in respect to theatres, requiring that every programme sold or
distributed in the theatre shall have printed upon it a plan of the Auditorium with all the
exits, ordinary and extra, plainly marked thereon, it be an instruction to the Town Hall
Committee to have a plan of the Hall prepared and engraved, so that the plate may be
placed at the service of hirers tor theatrical purposes, upon payment of a fee; and