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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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were a municipal borough would be qualified to be a burgess, is,
subject to certain modifications as to residence, to become a citizen
on enrolment in a burgess-roll which it will be the duty of the new
administration to prepare, the limit as to residence being extended
from seven to fifteen miles. In addition to its powers and
duties as at present constituted, the Corporation is to have the
powers and duties, so far as they are administrative, of the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen, (the latter of whom are to be abolished,) the
Commissioners of Sewers, and the Wardmotes. All the powers
and duties devolving upon, or exerciseable by the Vestries and
District Boards of Works are likewise to be transferred to and vested
in the new Corporation, who are to act as at present by the
Common Council, such Common Council to consist of 240 Members
and a Lord Mayor annually elected by the Common Councillors.
The thirty-nine administrative areas into which London is now
divided are (subject to the promulgation of a scheme by which the
number, extent, and boundaries of the same may be altered) to be
retained, the District of St. Saviour's, Southwark, constituting and
becoming one of the new municipal districts. Each municipal
district will have a right to elect such number of Common Councillors
as is specified in the first schedule to the Bill, the number
allotted to St. Saviour's being two; it will, however, in the first
instance be entitled to return three, the Metropolitan Board
Member having for three years ex officio the privilege of a seat on
the central or common council—a privilege that will cease on the
expiration of the three years. The Municipal Districts are to be
divided into Wards corresponding with the Parishes where a
District is now divided into Parishes. Thus each of the two
Parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch will constitute a Ward.
Each Ward is to elect such number of District Councillors as the
Common Council may direct, the number being left open and
undefined in the Bill. The District Council for St. Saviour's will
therefore consist of the two (in the first instance three) Common
Councillors and others to be elected by the citizens, and will take
the place of the District Board of Works. Each District Council
will have such powers, duties, and officers as the Common Council
may from time to time assign to it. Both the Common Councillors
During the ten years 1876-85 the Board has had to raise and pay away, in compliance with orders from the authorities named, and without exercising any control whatever over the expenditure of the School Board, no less a sum than £136,975, viz.
| DATE. | precepts of london school board. | Precepts of returning officerfor school board. | Precepts of metropolitan board of works. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
In juxtaposition with the above may be placed a statement of the sums levied by order of this Board for paving, lighting, cleansing, and other local purposes, during the decennial period 1874-83, showing that the increased taxation so much complained of is not due to any augmented expenditure on the part of this Board:—
| date. | amount levied. | rateable value of district. | equal to a rate in the pound of |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | d. | |
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
| date of precept. | amount. | total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st. saviour's. | christchurch. | ||||||||
| £ | s. | ||||||||