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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.
Overseers are nominated by the Vestry, and appointed
by a Magistrate within 14 days of the 25th
March, as prescribed by 54 Geo. III., Cap. 21. A.
list of the present members will be found on p. 11.
Register of Voters.—The register of Parliamentary
Voters, County Electors, and Parochial
Electors for the Parish of Clerkenwell (which is
the Central Division of the Borough of Finsbury)
made out in 1898, and coming into force in 1899,
shows the total number of Parliamentary Electors
to be 8,731, of County Electors 9,221, and of
Parochial Electors 10,242.
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Loans.—The debt in the shape of loans of the
Parish of Clerkenwell amounted at the 25th March,
1899, to the sum of £40,259, made up as
follows :—
£975 Balance of £6,500 borrowed in December,
1881, for new paving from the Metropolitan
Board of Works at 3J per cent.
The annual repayment of principal is
£325 and the loan will be paid off in
October, 1901.
£500 Balance of £2,000 borrowed in April,
1883, for new paving in a portion of
Pentonville Road. The amount was also
borrowed from the Metropolitan Board of