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representation on council.
At a meeting of the Vestry, on the 16th January, 1900, a communication
was directed to be forwarded to the London Government
Act Commissioners, requesting them to fix the number of Councillors
in the new Borough at 60. The Committee subsequently directed
a letter to be transmitted to the Commissioners asking that the representation
of this parish on the new Borough Council should consist
of 18 Councillors.
The Commissioners, however, did not see their way to grant this
request, but forwarded to the Vestry a draft of an Order allotting
Councillors to the various parishes. From this it appeared that 30
councillors would be allotted to Newington, 15 to St. George's, 9 to
St. Saviour's, and 6 to Christchurch. The Vestry, while regretting
that the Commissioners had not allotted 18 Councillors to this parish,
agreed to accept the Scheme.
At the same meeting, a resolution was passed expressing the
opinion that a friendly endeavour should be made to make arrangements
so that at the first election of Aldermen to the new Borough a
member should be elected from each of the 10 wards of the borough.
An attempt was subsequently made by St. Saviour's Vestry to
obtain an equal number of Aldermen to that allotted to St. George's
Parish for Christchurch and St. Saviour's Parish. The Vestry
strongly protested against this proposal and the Commissioners did
not see fit to agree to it.
provisional councils.
A suggestion was made by the Board of Works for the Lee
district that an Order or Scheme should be prepared to enable
Borough Councils to take preliminary action as Provisional Councils
for arranging to bring the Act into full operation. The Committee were,
however, unable to see their way to support this suggestion, being
strongly of opinion that the responsible work of the new ( ouncils
should be taken over as soon as possible by the whole body ot each
Council.
electric lighting companies.
Correspondence took place between the Vestry and the Board of
Trade, with regard to the application of the County of London and