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Commissioners for Publio Libraries and
Museums for the Parish of Clerkenwell.—The
following are elected by the Vestry in pursuance of
the "Public Libraries Act, 1892," [55 and 56 Vict.,
ch. 53.]
Term of Office—Three Years.
Retire in Jan , 1899. Retire in Jan., 1900. Retire in Jan., 1901.
Mr. H. VV. Fincham Mr. J. Johnson Mr. J. Crowle Smith
,, W. Robson, J.P. „ F. G. Scheib „ Wm. Davies, J.P.
Rev. J. H. Rose, M.A. „ F. G. Boulton „ A. Millward, J.P.
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. III., 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 Board 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.
Overseers.—The duties of the Overseers are to
make out and publish on the dates prescribed by
law, the various lists of voters, lists of claims of
householders, lodgers and freeholders, lists of objections,
jury lists, etc.; to prosecute keepers of
disorderly houses; and to value and assess all
rateable properties. Churchwardens of St. James
and St. John, are, by virtue of their office, Overseers
ex-officio, as set forth in 15 Geo. III., Cap. 23.