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The six auditors of accounts chosen by the parishioners
were:—
Ward 1, St Margaret Mr R T Lewis
Ward 2 „ ,, R E H Goffin
Ward 3 „ „ T Bull
Ward 1, St John „ H T White
Ward 2 „ „ R Morgan
Ward 3 „ „ T H Hobbs
The expenses incurred in the six wards amounted to
£12 15s 6d, there being no poll in any of the wards
The Presiding Officer at one of the Wards having declined
to receive the nomination of a parishioner on the ground
that he did not possess the occupier's qualification prescribed
by the statute, the following motion was submitted to the
Vestry thereon shortly afterwards:—
That the Churchwardens, as Returning Officers at Vestry Elections,
be requested to take the opinion of Counsel on the questions:—
(a) Whether a person occupying property below the qualifying
amount (ie £40 in Westminster) and rated to the
Poor in addition in respect of other premises not in his
occupation, is capable of being elected, and of acting as
Vestryman or Auditor
(b) Whether it is within the province of the Presiding Officer
to satisfy himself before putting the names to the vote
that the persons nominated at the Ward Election over
which he presides are duly qualified,
and that the expense be defrayed by the Vestry
The solicitor having advised the Vestry, the motion was
lost by 32 votes to 5
During the year under review two seats have become
vacant, one by the death of Mr John Burman in June, and
one by the resignation of Mr John H Pugh, BA, MRCS,
on his removal from the parish in January
vote of At the Vestry meeting on 26th June the death
condolence of Mr John Burman, one of the oldest members,
was announced The following resolution was thereupon