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Term of Office—Three Years.
Retire in Jan , 1896. Retire in Jan., 1897. Retire in Jan., 1898.
Mr. H. W. Finch am Mr. E. Sans* Mr. J. Crowle Smith
,, W. Robson, J.P. „ F. G. Scheib ,, Wm. Davies
Rev. J. H. Rose, M.A. ,, F. G. Boulton ,, A. Millward.
The Librarian and Clerk is Mr. James D. Brown.
The Library, Skinner Street, E.C.
Guardians or Governors of the Poor.—The
collection of the Poor Rate, together with certain
other duties pertaining to that rate, is in the hands
of the Guardians or Governors of the Poor of St.
James, Clerkenwell, a body constituted under the
Clerkenwell Local Acts, 15 Geo. III., c. xxiii., and
23 Geo. HI., c. xliv. The members are elected by
the Vestry. A list of the present members will be
found on pages 7 and 8.
Trustees of the Church.—This body is also
elected by the Vestry. The duties of the 1'oard are
to administer the Act 28 Geo. III., cap. x., and the
amending Act 30 Geo. III., cap. lxix., and the administration
of the Parish Charities is also in their
hands. A list of the present members will be found
on pages 9 and 10.
Local Government Act, 1894. Transfer of
Povirers.—The Local Government Act, 1894, provides
by Section 33 that the Local Government
Board may, on the application of the Yestry, make
an order transferring to the Vestry all or any of the
following matters, namely:—the appointment of
overseers and assistant overseers; the revocation
of appointment of assistant overseers; any powers,
duties, or liabilities of overseers; and any powers,
duties, or liabilities of a parish council; the lastmentioned
comprising certain powers with respect
*On the death of Mr. Sans, in June, 1895, Mr. J. Johnson was elected to
fill the vacancy.