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In accordance with the foregoing resolutions, the Vestry
contributed £10 (subsequently increased to £100) towards,
the expenses of promoting legislation, and appointed Mr.
James Beal to serve on the Executive Committee. The
Vestry since learned that the Executive Committee have
employed Messrs. Jordan & Son, parliamentary agents,
and retained Mr. J. W. Grover, C.E., to advise them on
engineering questions. Notice of an intended application
to Parliament for a Bill in the present session was given
in the "London Gazette" and other newspapers in the
month of November, in accordance with the StandingOrders
of Parliament, and the Bill was introduced by Sir
A. Borthwick, and read a first time on the 30th January,
and a second time on the 4th March. The provisions of
the Bill are thus summarised in a memorandum issued by
the Executive Committee
The Bill prepared by the Committee consists of 55 clauses and seven
schedules. It is divided into six parts, viz.:-
1. Establishment of Water Trust, and acquisition of undertakings
of Companies.
2. Financial.
3. Constitution and status of Water Trust.
4. Officers and Servants.
5. Miscellaneous.
6. Power to London County Council to carry Act into execution.
But the provisions of the Bill perhaps can be best explained under a
slightly different arrangement.
Const Hution of Water Authority.—This is a question of more
difficulty than may, at first sight, appear. The area supplied by the
eight London Companies extends not only over the whole County of
London, but into the Counties of Kent, Surrey, Middlesex, Herts, and