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Resolved (Mr. Mortimer: Mr. Stuart)—That the Scale of Charges, Conditions of
Letting, Regulations, etc., as submitted by the Committee, be approved and adopted, and
the Clerk instructed to have 500 copies thereof printed, and that framed copies be suspended
in the Town Hall, Vestry Hall, and Public Library, and a copy supplied to any person
desirous of hiring the Hall.
Strong Room.
On 2nd March, 1897, the Vestry Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Town Hall
Committee—That the small room in the basement of the buildings be utilised as a strong room,
and that the Architects be authorised to have slate shelves constructed in such room and to
substitute for the present wooden door a strong iron door with three duplicate keys.
Water Rate.
On 1st September, 1896, the Town Hall Committee reported that the Architects had
been endeavouring to get the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company to give a supply of
water to the buildings by meter instead of levying a water rate upon the rateable value of
the premises, and were in receipt of a letter from the Supervisor of the Company stating that
the Company afford meter supplies only to those premises requiring a supply of water for
business purposes, and that in all other cases it is considered a domestic rate and must be
levied upon the rateable value of the premises so supplied.
Resolved—That the Clerk be instructed to write to the Water Company, urging upon
them the equity of affording a meter supply, the building being erected for the purpose ot
carrying on the business of the parish.
On 6th October, 1896, the Town Hall Committee reported receipt of a letter from the
Architects dated 26th September, 1896, as under:—
"In reply to your letter of yesterday's date, the Water Company requires a payment of
about £50 for opening the ground and laying on the large high pressure main from its present
position on the west side of the Lower Road, down Neptune Street, and along Moodkee Street to
the end of the new building to supply the firecocks. We hare communicated with the Company