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parliamentary bills, etc.—continued.
contained in the Minutes of the Education and the Science and Art
Departments in force for the time being. No action was taken by
The Vestry thereon. The Bill was eventually thrown out.
Vestrymen's Qualification Abolition.—This Bill proposed to
abolish the present ratal qualification for members of Vestries in
any parish in the Metropolis, and to authorise the election of any
person who is the occupier of a house, lands, tenements, or
hereditaments, and is rated or assessed within such parish, and on
the 26th February, 1891, the Vestry resolved that the Member for
the Borough be requested to oppose the Bill.
THE ASSISTANT VESTRY CLERK AND COLLECTOR OF
RATES FOR WARD No. 1.
On the 1.5th January, 1891, Mr. James Cook, having resigned
the above offices, his resignation was accepted with regret, and on
the 17th March following, a superannuation allowance of £60 per
annum was granted 1o him.
PARISH CHURCHYARD.
The London County Council having enquired whether the Vestry
would contribute £40 per annum towards the cost of maintaining
the above, were informed on the 10th April, 1890, that the Vestry
had no desire to disturb the arrangement with the Metropolitan
Gardens Association for its maintenance. On the 24th April, a
letter was considered from the Association requesting the Vestry
to contribute the whole or a portion of the cost of maintenance,
when it was resolved to inform the Association that the Vestry
would in future maintain the Churchyard at their own cost. The
property of the Association therein was formally taken over by the
Vestry on the 9th May, 1890. Iron bars have since been fixed
between the standards to prevent access through or over the railings
to the churchyard when closed.