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parliamentary bills, etc .—continued.
London School Board Elections.—This is a similar Bill to
that of last Session, and on the 26th February, 1891, it was resolved
to inform the Board that the Vestry approve of the proposed
alterations in the representation, but are opposed to cumulative
voting, and the filling up of casual vacancies by the Board.'
London Streets (Strand Improvement).—This Bill, the provisions
of which have been widely and exhaustively discussed,
applies the principle of "betterment" to the area alleged by the
London County Council to be improved by the proposed widening of
the Strand. The area most affected is that under the jurisdiction of
the Strand District Board. The area affected in this parish has a
rateable value of £2,326 only. On the 9th June, 1890, the Hybrid
Committee threw out the Betterment clause, and the Bill was
eventually withdrawn.
London Subways and Overhead Wires.—The Bill is to empower
the London County Council to make subways under streets,
and to provide for the compulsory use of the same by companies,
and also for the control and regulation of overhead wires by the
Council. The Bill was thrown out in the House of Commons on the
26th June, 1890.
London Water Commission.—This Bill proposes to constitute
a Commission for improving the supply and diminishing the cost of
water in the metropolis and ad joining boroughs and populous places.
Powers are sought to promote Bills to secure an alternative supply,
to purchase the powers of any existing or future Water Companies,
for the raising of moneys to supply by meter or otherwise (including,
if thought fit, a free supply to public baths and hospitals), to regulate
the price to be charged and the dividends to be paid by any Company,
with a view to the equalisation of the price to be charged
within the area. It is proposed that the Commission shall consist
of 51 members, viz., the Lord Mayor, the Chairman of the London
County Council, 1 member each to be nominated by the Local
Government Board and the Board of Agriculture, 5 by the City