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CHAIRMAN.
12. The District Council shall elect a Chairman and Deputy-Chairman
from among the members of their own body, and such elections shall take
place annually at the first meeting after the election of Councillors.
POWERS OF COUNCIL.
13. That there be transferred to the District Council the following
powers and responsibilities of the Vestry.
(a) As a Board of Works constituted by the Metropolis Management
Acts with the entire control of the roads and footpaths,
lighting drainage and removal of dust and ashes and all
powers incidental to this control.
(b) As the Sanitary Authority under the Public Health (London)
Act, 1891.
(c) As the Local Authority under Part II. of the Housing of the
Working Classes Act, 1890.
(d) As the Overseers under the Local Acts of the Parish, with
power to assess all rateable property in the District, to prepare
Valuation Lists, to estimate the expenditure necessary for
various purposes, to make all rates, "collect and recover the
same and excuse from payment those whom they think
entitled on the ground of poverty, and with power under the
Poor Rate Assessment and Collection Act, 1869, to compound
with the owners for payment in certain cases should it be
deemed advisable.
(e) As the local or highway authority under any Tramway,
Electric Lighting, Gas, Water, Open Spaces, or other similar
Acts in the County of London.
14. That there be further transferred to the District Council:—
(a) The civil duties of the Churchwardens and Overseers
including control over Disorderly Houses (until the same