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a Conference of the local authorities to consider the
matter, to which this Vestry sent delegates. The
Conference met on the 14th February and passed
the following resolutions:—
Resolved—That in the opinion of this Conference the Vestries
and District Boards of the Metropolis should make application to
the County Council for orders declaring those highways in their
respective districts, which are means of communication between
different districts, or thoroughfares to railway stations, or which
are used largely by metropolitan traffic, as opposed to local traffic,
to be main roads under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment)
Act, 1878, and the Local Government (England and Wales)
Act, 1888, and the Conference is further of opinion that the
County Council should make such orders accordingly.
Resolved unanimously—That in the opinion of this Conference
the Vestries and District Boards of the Metropolis should
claim to retain the powers and duties of maintaining and repairing
main roads within their districts.
The Vestry agreed with these resolutions, and
have submitted the following list of thoroughfares
to the Council in accordance therewith, viz. :
Caledonian Road
Clerkenwell Road
Farringdon Road
Goswell Road
High Street
King's Cross Road
Pentonville Road
St. John Street
St. John Street Road
Another alteration made by the Act is that the
Council may contribute one half of the salaries of
the Medical Officers of Health appointed in future
by the Vestries and District Boards, and the appointment
of such officers to be subject to the
regulations of the Local Government Board. The
Vestry of Camberwell, since the close of the official
year have convened a conference of Vestries and
District Boards on the subject.
The mode to be adopted for raising the rate
required by the Council was apparently involved
in some obscurity before the issue of its first
precept, and the Vestry gave very anxious consideration
to the question, as it arose at the time of
making the half-yearly rates, and it was important
to know definitely whether the rate would be con-