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Parish boundary on the following conditions, viz.:
That the Council carries out the Goswell Road
widening, and lays double tram lines through St.
John Street Road and St. John Street before commencing
the laying of the tram lines in Rosebery
Avenue.
The Parliamentary Notice and Plans were subsequently
considered by the Vestry, and no objections
were offered thereto.
Widening of St. John Street.—In connection
with the widening of St. John Street, the County
Council asked the Vestry to acquire No. 133, St.
John Street, compulsorily under the powers conferred
by the Act 57, George III., cap. 29 (Michael
Angelo Taylor's Act), the whole cost of the acquisition
to be paid by them. The Vestry agreed with
the suggestion of the Council, and passed the necessary
resolution for that purpose, and also appointed
the Council's solicitor to act as the Vestry's solicitor
in the matter. The Council subsequently arranged
terms with the freeholder for the acquisition of the
property, thereby rendering any further action by
the Vestry unnecessary.
Tramways.—The Vestry had before them the
Parliamentary Notice and Plans deposited by the
London County Council, showing their intention to
apply for powers to lay tramways in Rosebery
Avenue, St. John Street Road and St. John Street,
and to double the lines in Goswell Road. They
found that the condition of the Vestry's sanction to
the laying of the tramways, which was approved by
the Council, viz., "that the Council carries out the
Goswell Road widening and lays double tram lines
through St. John Street Road and St. John Street
before commencing the laying of the tram lines in