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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Eight parishioners were nominated by the Vestry on the
17th day of April, 1884, to serve as Overseers of the Poor.
The gentlemen chosen from this list, and appointed by the
Justices of the Peace at a Petty Sessions held on the same
day to act as Overseers for the year 1884-5, were
Mr. John Malin, 117, Jermyn Street.
Mr. Frederick Jenkins, 4 and 5, St. James's Place.
Mr. Henry Venn, 42, Jermyn Street.
Mr. William Yorke, 102, Berwick Street.
GOVERNORS AND DIRECTORS OF THE
POOR.
In accordance with the requirements of the Local Act,.
2 Geo. III., cap 58, the Vestry met on the 17th April,
1884, for the purpose of appointing twenty-one "substantial
and discreet" persons,either from their own body,
or from among the Justices of the Peace for Middlesex or
Westminster, or other "creditable inhabitants" of the
Parish, such persons, together with the Churchwardens or
Overseers of the Poor, to be called Governors and Directors
of the Poor.
Particulars of the creation of the Board are given on page
112, and a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the
Board will be found on page 216.
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE METROPOLITAN
BOARD OF WORKS.
One member of the Metropolitan Board of Works is
elected by the Vestry of St. James, under the provisions of
the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855. Mr. T. H.
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