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Trustees of the Church.—This body is also
elected by the Yestry. 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 list of voters, lists of claims of
householders, lodgers and freeholders, list 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 Yestry, 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.
Committee for Public Libraries and
Museums for the Parish of Clerkenwell.— In
accordance with an application from the Vestry
under Section 33 of the Local Government Act,
1894, the Local Government Board made an order
transferring the powers and duties of the Library
Commissioners to the Yestry from September 29th,
1898. A Committee is appointed annually to carry
out the provisions of the Public Libraries Acts, the
Vestry reserving to itself the following powers :—
1. The Sanction of Loans for New Buildings or other
purposes.
2. The Issue of the Annual Precept for the Library Rate.
3. The Confirmation of Agreements with adjoining Library
Authorities for the joint use of Libraries.