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Housing of the working classes act, 1890—continued.
could see their way to omit the property they (the Committee)
regretted they would be unable to recommend the Council to
contribute towards the cost of the scheme, whereupon the Vestry
resolved not to adopt the scheme proposed by the Council's
Committee.
On the same day the Vestry's Committee submitted the following
alternative courses for consideration, viz.:—
(a) The purchase by Agreement of the properties required.
(b) The preparation of a scheme and the application to the
Local Government Board for their order thereon, in
which case the properties could be acquired under compulsory
powers.
(c) The effecting of the improvement by the Council in
default of its being carried out by the Vestry, in which
case the Council could apply to a Secretary of State to
make an order on the Vestry to contribute towards the
cost of the improvement.
Whereupon it was agreed to inform the Council's Committee
that the Vestry were still of opinion that the acquisition of
premises in Lemon Tree Yard was the only practical method of
effecting the improvement, and the Vestry hoped the Committee
would reconsider the question, and if they thought desirable, receive
a deputation from the Vestry's Committee for the purpose of
further discussing the subject.
On the 9th March, 1893, a letter was received from the Council's
Committee, stating, as they were unable to depart from their
decision that it would be undesirable to include Lemon Tree Yard
in the Turner's Court area, they did not think seeing a deputation
from the Vestry would serve any useful purpose; whereupon they
were informed that as the Vestry felt themselves unable to depart
from their decision with reference to the inclusion of Lemon Tree
Yard, the Vestry considered that, under the circumstances, any
further discussion of the subject was unnecessary, and they did not
feel it incumbent upon them to take any further action thereon.