Chapter VI: Part 6

We feel that the accounts submitted to us are not only clear and correct in themselves, but that they also appear to be presented in a much simpler and more convenient form than in previous years, although there still appears to be room for improvement in those departments which relate to the expenditure incurred under the direction of the Surveyor. We especially feel that some plan should be adopted for obtaining a receipt or signature periodically from the labourers employed by him, so as to assimilate the vouchers in the labour department, as nearly as circumstances will allow, to those for other departments of expenditure.

We feel it to be especially important that a fuller and more intelligible system be introduced in reference to deposits paid to the Vestry on account of Drainage Works and Surveyor’s Licenses, in order that the amounts actually expended in respect of such deposits may be brought to account so soon as the works are completed, instead of, as at present, being brought to account only when the depositor claims the return of the balance of his deposit; thus leaving it possible that the mere neglect or ignorance of the depositor may occasion deposit accounts to be left open and unchecked for years, and that even where sums may be expended in excess of such deposits, the fact may never come to the knowledge of the Vestry Clerk, and that consequently no claim may be made on account of such additional expenditure.

We think, further, that the book which contains a record of such deposits might, by additional columns of reference, be brought into most useful connexion with the accounts of the Vestry for payment of the contractors or others by whom the works are actually executed; thus increasing the facilities for testing the integrity and propriety of such accounts, and affording more ready access to any information which depositors may require in respect of expenditure incurred on their behalf.

May 22, 1860.

WM. LAWRANCE.
G. W. S. IAGO.
J. T. STANESBY.
GEO. PURDOM.

REPORT OF THE AUDITORS, 1861.

We, the undersigned, have audited the accounts of the Vestry of St. Luke, Chelsea, for the year expiring 25th March, 1861, and allowed the same except the item of £21 14s. 9d., charged as the deficiency on the “Inauguration Dinner,” which after mature consideration we are of opinion, cannot properly be charged against the Vestry funds.

We find the sum of £533 6s. 8d., amount of Precept dated 8th March, 1856, uncollected and carried forward from year to year, and would suggest, that such item be disposed of, by payment being enforced, or the amount written off. There does not appear to be any examination of the amount drawn by the Surveyor for, and that paid to, labourers, and although attention to this has been drawn by the auditors of the last year’s accounts, no alteration seems to have been made. We think that the Inspector of the Roads should sign the Surveyor’s wages book each week, in testimony of the number of men charged for, having been employed.

In conclusion, we desire to state our thorough satisfaction with the mode in which the accounts are kept, and to express our full appreciation of the courtesy and assistance received from Mr. Lahee during our audit of such accounts.

To the Vestry of St. Luke, Chelsea.

G. E. MEAD,
W. RHIND,
JAMES CRISP.

APPENDIX No. 34. INTEREST ACCOUNT.

_Dr._
1860.
June 6. To W. Soare, 24 3 4
Interest of
Loan to date
Sep. 11. Do. do. 11 19 2
Dec. 6. Do. do. 45 0 0
81 2 6
Sep. 13. J. H. France, do. 11 13 7
British 200 0 0
Empire Mutual
Life
Assurance
Society,
Half-year’s
Interest on
Loan to date
Do. to March 193 5 8
25th, 1861
393 5 8
1861.
March 25. W. Soare, Interest to date 27 12 6
London Life Association
Interest to 217 6 8
June 30, 1860
Do. Sep. 30, 203 15 0
1860
Do. Dec. 31, 203 15 0
1860
Do. Mar. 25, 190 3 4
1861
815 0 0
£1328 14 3
_Cr._
1860.
July 1. By Cash per 12 1 7
Treasurer for
Interest on
£7000, from
25th of March
to 30th of
April, at 1¾
per cent.
30th April to 38 18 7
27th June, at
3½ per cent.
27th June to 1 17 4
30th June
52 17 6
Dec. 31 Do. per do. 11 16 10
for Interest
on £7000,
July 1st to
19th, at 3¼
per cent.
£4000, July 2 2 9
19 to 25th
£3000, July 3 14 9½
25 to Aug.
8th
£2000, Aug. 8 23 6 7
to Dec. 17
£1000, Dec. 1 4 8½
17 to 31st
42 5 8
Deduct 0 16 8
Interest on
Overdrawn
Account at 3¼
per cent.
41 9 0
1861.
Jan. 4th. Do. per do. for Interest on £1000, 0 7 1
from January 1st to 4th
Chelsea Improvement Commission, for 696 7 6
Interest on Balance at this date
Balance transferred to General 537 13 2
Works and Revenue
£1328 14 3

APPENDIX No. 35.

_A Statement of all Arrears of Rates owing to the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea_, _in the County of Middlesex_, _on the_ 25_th day of March_, 1861, _pursuant to the_ 192_nd and_ 196_th sections of the Metropolis Local Management Act_, 18_th and_ 19_th Vic._, _cap._ 120.

Page Ledger.
284 Order for Rates, dated 18th March, 1856, 288 6 8
Balance, General
Local, Chelsea 216 13 4
,, Hans Town 33 6 8
533 6 8
286. Order for Rates, dated July 22nd, 1856, Balance, General 288 3 8
297. Order for Special Sewers Rates, dated 17th September, 1859
Balance—Paultons Terrace 0 10 4
Heathfield Terrace 0 6 0
New King’s Road 0 3 6
0 19 10
297. Order for Special Sewers Rates, dated 25th December, 1860,
amount thereof—
Paultons Square 24 11 10
Paultons Terrace 4 4 6
Heathfield Terrace 4 19 2
Hobury Street 4 16 6
New King’s Road 1 13 9
40 5 9
298. Order for Rates, dated 13th March, 1860, General 170 0 0
306. Order for Rates, dated 23rd October, 1860,
General 3350 0 0
Local; Chelsea 500 0 0
3850 0 0
£4882 15 11
For Metropolitan Board of Works.
307. Order of the Vestry to the Guardians of the Poor, dated July
2nd, 1860
Ranelagh 285 18 5
District
Less Whole 9 9 9
Parish
overpaid
276 8 8
307. Do. do. dated October 23rd, 1860
Main Drainage, whole Parish 2300 0 0
306. Do. do. dated April 9th, 1861
The whole 1499 12 6
Parish
Ranelagh 600 16 11
District
2100 9 5
4676 18 1
£9559 14 0

Examined and Audited.

G. E. Mead,
W. Rhind,
James Crisp,
_Auditors_.

APPENDIX No. 36.

_A Statement of all Moneys_ (_excepting Rates_) _owing to the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea_, _in the County of Middlesex_, _on the_ 25_th day of March_, 1861, _pursuant to the_ 192_nd and_ 196_th sections of the Metropolis local Management Act_, 18_th and_ 19_th Vict. cap._ 120.

Page. Ledger. 21 The Westminster District Board of Works Composition for 1 0 0 Repairs top of Sloane Street 34 H. N. Compton Rent Charge, 1 0 0 Symons Street 36 C. Bagley Damage to Lamp 4 12 1 52 West Middlesex Water Works Company Repairs to Roads 1 11 3 56 W. Dethick Do. do. 4 16 3 63 Edward Thirst Do. do. 30 16 10 66 Parish of Willesden Do. do. 30 0 0 110 Park Terrace New Sewer 11 0 10 128 Cottages, Kensal Town Sanitary Works 36 5 0 157 T. and E. Bingham Reinstating 1 9 0 Pavement 164 Hobury Street New Sewer 77 4 5 165 Paultons Square Ditto 393 8 11 166 Paultons Terrace Ditto 67 11 9 167 World’s End Passage Ditto 79 5 9 177 8, Oakham Street Sanitary Works 6 1 4 177 9, Oakham Street Ditto ditto 6 15 6 178 29, Queen’s Road West Ditto ditto 1 10 10 178 Lee and Navarino Cottages Ditto ditto 14 3 2 181 No. 1, Glebe Place Ditto ditto 19 13 1 204 New King’s Road New Sewer 26 19 11 206 23, Beaufort Street Sanitary Works 12 18 4 231 L. Robinson Ditto ditto 18 11 4 235 G. Godbolt Sand 0 8 9 244 C. Lahee To meet 50 0 0 Disbursements 248 12, North Street Sanitary Works 4 3 2 264 J. Forbes and Nephew Rent, Symons 21 0 0 Street 265 Chelsea Water Works Company Repairs to Roads 35 0 11 266 Imperial Gas Company Ditto 288 18 2 276 E. Main Sanitary Works 26 12 8 277 Kensal Ragged School Ditto ditto 10 5 10 281 T. L. Bull Rent of Literary 12 10 0 & Scientific Institution 309 J. Pattisson Labor 2 2 5 311 Literary & Scientific Institution Cost Account 0 4 2 312 Taxes—Property, Income, and Assessed 8 8 3 £13806 9 11

Examined and Audited.

G. E. Mead,
W. Rhind,
James Crisp,
_Auditors_.

APPENDIX No. 37.

_A Statement of all Mortgages and Interest on the same_, _owing by the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea_, _in the County of Middlesex_, _on the_ 25_th day of March_, 1861, _pursuant to the_ 192_nd and_ 196_th sections of the Metropolis Local Management Act_, 18_th and_ 19_th Vict._, _cap._ 120.

Page Ledger.
308. The London Life Association—
Principal £19000 0 0
Interest 190 3 4
19190 3 4
195. W. H. Soare, Esq.—
Principal 2000 0 0
Interest 27 12 6
2027 12 6
229. British Empire Mutual Life Assurance
Company—
Principal 9664 3 6
Interest 193 5 8
9857 9 2
£31075 5 0

Examined and Audited.

G. E. Mead,
W. Rhind,
James Crisp,
_Auditors_.

APPENDIX No. 38.

_A Statement of all other Debts and Liabilities owing by_, _and claims upon_, _the Vestry on the same day_.

Page Ledger. 16. George Thompson Pumps £49 10 0 & Son 20. G. Barnes Smiths’ Work 10 15 4 46. W. Druce Coals and Coke 39 3 5 77. E. Holland Wheelwright 45 2 6 90. W. Davis Scavengers’ Brooms 2 12 3 92. D. Kink Compensation for 4 11 4 loss of office 96. C. Rawlings Rent of Depôt, 10 0 0 Alpha Place 104. H. Morrison Oilman’s Goods 0 5 0 116. Nicholls Repairs to Pumps 25 15 11 Brothers 124. P. Hance Stationery 1 16 1 152. T. Smith Smiths’ Work 0 15 1 153. J. S. Eisdell Compensation for 32 13 8 loss of office 154. J. Bennett Oilman’s Goods 4 7 11 154. T. Cross Removal of Dust 7 0 0 154. W. S. Johnson Printing 4 15 0 156. Dr. A. W. Salary 35 1 0 Barclay 157. C. Chapman Furniture for 68 16 6 Vestry Hall 162. Buckley & Beach Lighting the Vestry 0 5 0 Hall 163. W. H. Thomas Smiths’ Work 7 17 0 169. T. Baldock Road Flints 34 13 5 175. Western Gas Gas supplied 31 3 2 Light Company 191. E. Corbett Use of Watch Box 1 13 0 192. W. W. Pocock Architect, Vestry 219 8 3 Hall 197. J. Pattisson Salary 58 8 0 203. Parsons Cleaning Windows 2 8 0 Brothers 212. H. Curnock Gravel, and Horse 54 2 0 Hire 220. King & Howe Contractors 24 10 1 221. C. Lahee Salary 58 8 0 223. Sundries Deposits for House 192 16 9 Drains, &c. 224. E. Alder Salary 10 0 0 225. W. Maddy Ditto 7 8 0 226. J. E. Salway Ditto 6 0 0 227. J. Nicol Ditto 6 0 0 230. W. Holland Ditto 2 0 0 234. T. Barton Advertisements 18 4 4 235. Executors of J. Lacing Screen for 0 6 0 Davis Gravel 237. C. Lahee Petty Cash 54 7 3 Disbursements 238. Vestry of Composition for 5 0 8 Kensington Repairs Carried forward £1138 19 11 Brought forward £1138 19 11 238. Metropolitan Proportion of Man’s 33 3 8 Board of Works Wages attending to Outlets of Sewers 239. B. Watts Cleansing Urinal 0 9 3 242. J. Kealy Attendance at 2 10 0 Stoneyard 243. Nowell & Robson Contractors 436 14 0 244. Thomas Edmonds Ditto 6 15 0 245. Piper & Sons Builders 175 1 10 247. Lee & Pemberton Law Charges 177 1 6 248. H. Loxdale Advertisements, &c. 4 14 0 254. L. Levy Sewermen’s Clothes 2 9 0 255. The London Gas Gas supplied 1495 18 8 Company 256. A. Berry Rent, Symons Street 3 15 0 256. J. Fraser Ditto ditto 4 12 3 257. G. Allen Lime, &c. 2 12 9 258. Z. D. Berry Engineer 14 17 7 261. A. Emmerson Contractor 86 4 11 266. Waterlow & Sons Law Stationers 4 16 2 268. W. Butcher Advertisements, &c. 5 0 6 268. J. Crockford “Law Times” 1 10 0 268. H. J. Bradshaw Stationery 11 16 7 268. E. Thompson 8-day Dial for 6 6 0 Board Room 268. Smith & Baber Matting 34 11 7 268. Kennard & Co. Fenders, &c. 17 13 0 273. H. D. Pite Printing 6 18 6 277. G. Axton Contractor 43 9 0 278. C. Hornsby Ditto 41 13 5 308. The Estate of Rent of Symons 10 0 0 the late Sir B. Street Premises Smith 310. Weeks & Company Heating the Vestry 219 0 0 Hall 310. Guardians of Granite 1034 13 3 the Poor 47. J. Bunting “Times” Newspaper 3 18 0 261. H. J. Hallett Carpenter 28 13 9 £5054 19 1 The Metropolitan Board of Works. 299. Precept dated 518 19 1 11th May, 1860, “Counters Creek” Portion 299. Precept dated 2928 2 0 28th September, 1860, _re_ “Main Drainage,” Amount thereof 299. Precept dated 2580 1 4 18th February, 1861, Amount thereof 6027 2 5 £11082 1 6

Examined and Audited,

G. E. Mead,
W. Rhind,
James Crisp.
_Auditors_.

APPENDIX No. 39. BALANCE SHEET.

_March_ 25th, 1861.

LIABILITIES.
£ _s._ _d._
To Loan Creditors 31075 5 0
General Creditors 5054 19 1
The late Hans Town Commission 248 19 3
The Metropolitan Board of Works, amount of Precepts 6027 2 5
Do. do. Rates raised by the Guardians of the Poor in 876 19 10
excess of sums named in various former Precepts
£48,283 5 7
ASSETS.
£ _s._ _d._
By the late Chelsea Improvement Commission 17117 11 4
General Debtors 1306 9 11
Guardians of the Poor:—
Arrears of Orders (Local) 4882 15 11
do. (Metropolitan Board of 4676 18 1
Works)
9559 14 0
Vestry Hall 11893 19 9
Leasehold Property 393 15 0
Furniture and Effects 52 6 0
Rolling Stock 106 3 2
Cash in Treasurer’s hands 790 17 5
Sums included in £6027 2s. 5d. per 518 19 1
contra, for the raising of which
the Vestry have not issued orders
to the Overseers
ditto. 628 2 0
ditto. 479 11 11
1626 13 0
Balance 435 16 0
£43,283 5 7

APPENDIX No. 40.

_A Statement of the amount of all Contracts entered into by the Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea_, _in the County of Middlesex_, _during the year ending on the_ 25_th day of March_, 1861, _pursuant to the_ 192_nd and_ 196_th Sections of the Metropolis Local Management Act_, 18_th and_ 19_th Vic._, _cap._ 120.

1860.
£ _s._ _d._
April 10. (31.) A Contract or 18 15 0
Agreement with
James A. Forbes
for the
occupation of
Manor House by
the Vestry from
Midsummer,
1860, to
Michaelmas,
1860, at a Rent
for the Quarter
of
April 13. A Contract or 30 0 0
Agreement with
the Parish of
Willesden, by
which this
Vestry agrees
to Repair so
much of Kilburn
Lane as lies in
that Parish,
for an annual
payment of
April 24. (28.) A Contract or
Agreement with
Theodore Guerin
and another,
for the former
to erect,
protect, and
keep in repair
an illuminated
public
indicator, or
ornamental
column, in
Sloane Square,
at his own
expense.
June 19. (21.) A Contract or 11 0 0
Agreement with
the Union
Assurance
Office for an
Insurance of
the Vestry Hall
Building to the
amount of
£4000, at an
annual payment
of
July 3. (18.) A Contract or
Agreement with
F. King for the
supply of
Scavengers’
Brooms, at
fixed prices,
on demand.

Expired
Christmas,
1860.
July 10. (36.) A Contract or
Agreement with
Messrs. Eastham
and Parsons to
execute the
Plumber’s Work
of the Vestry,
at fixed
prices, on
demand.—Expired
Christmas,
1860.
July 31. (14.) A Contract with
C. and F. Bell
for General
Printing, at
fixed prices,
on
demand.—Expired
Christmas,
1860.
September 25. (10.) A Contract with 200 0 0
George Axton
and his
Sureties for
the removal of
the Dust,
Ashes, &c. from
the whole
Parish, for the
sum of

Expires 29th
September,
1861.
September 14. (C. of W., M.B. vol. 3, folio A Contract with 138 0 0
51.) John Buckley
and Charles
Edward Beach to
lay on Gas,
supply and fix
Pendant and
Bracket Lights,
&c. &c., to the
whole of the
Vestry Hall
Building, for
the sum of
September 25. (11.) A. and F.
Manuelle for
the supply of
500 tons of
Broken New Blue
Guernsey
Granite, to be
delivered
before the 25th
October, 1860,
at per ton,
12s. 11d.
September 25. (12.) A Contract with
Thomas Baldock
and his
Sureties for
the supply of
Road Flints, at
a fixed price,
on demand.

Expires 29th
September,
1861.
September 25. A Contract with
Horace King and
Henry Howe and
their Sureties
to Execute
certain
specified Works
connected with
Sewerage and
Drainage, at
fixed prices,
on demand.

Expires 29th
September,
1861.
September 25. (14.) A Contract with
Joseph Nowell
and Francis
Robson and
their Sureties
for the
execution of
Masons’ and
Paviors’ Work
to the Foot and
Carriage Ways
(to supply
Materials and
Labor), at
fixed prices,
on demand.

Expires 25th
October, 1861.
October 5. (C. of W. M.B., vol. 3, folio 76.) A Contract or 36 10 0
Agreement with
Messrs. Fuller,
Brothers, for
the supply,
fixing, &c., of
Venetian Blinds
to the window
of the Vestry
Hall Building,
according to
specification,
for the sum of
October 5. (C. of W. M.B. vol. 3, folio 75.) A Contract or
Agreement with
A. D. Bosson
for the supply
of 500 Chairs,
at per Chair
1s. 6d.
October 9. (11.) A Contract with 18 15 0
C. and F. Bell
to print 500
copies of the
Annual Report
of 1859–60, for
the sum of
October 25. (C. of W. M.B., vol. 3, folio 94.) A Contract with 57 9 6
Samuel Dawes
for the supply
of a Mahogany
Table for the
Board Room, for
the sum of
And of a 7 12 6
Chairman’s
Table for
ditto, for the
sum of
October 25. (C. of W. M.B., vol. 3, folio 94.) A Contract with 120 0 0
C. Chapman for
the supply of
40 Seats for
large Hall, for
the sum of
And of four 76 16 0
dozen Chairs
for Board Room
use, for the
sum of
November 20. (8.) A Contract or
Agreement with
William Druce
and Son for the
supply from
time to time of
the best Wall’s
End Coal, at
per ton 24s.

And of the best
Gas Coke, at
per chaldron
13s.

Expires
Midsummer,
1861.
December 18. (3.) A Contract or 1 15 0
Agreement with
the Manchester
Fife Assurance
Office for an
Insurance of
the Fixtures,
Fittings, and
Furniture in
this Building,
to the amount
of £700, at an
annual payment
at Christmas of
December 18. (4.) A Contract or 16 10 0
Agreement with
the Union
Assurance
Office for an
Insurance of
the Vestry Hall
Building to the
amount of £6000
(superseding
that of June,
1860), at an
annual payment
of
December 18. (12.) A Contract or 50 0 0
Agreement with
the Council of
the Chelsea
Literary and
Scientific
Institution for
the use of a
portion of the
Vestry Hall
Building,
lighted,
warmed, &c.,
&c., at a
yearly Rent of

Terminable at
six months’
notice on
either side.
1861.
January 1. (6.) A Contract or
Agreement with
Parsons,
Brothers, to
execute
Plumbers’ Work
at fixed
prices, on
demand.

Expires
Midsummer,
1861.
January 1. (10.) A Contract with
H. D. Pite and
Son for General
Printing, at
fixed prices,
on demand.

Expires 30th
June, 1861.
January 1. (11.) A Contract or
Agreement with
W. Davis for
the supply of
Scavengers’
Brooms, at a
fixed price, on
demand.

Expires
Midsummer,
1861.
February 12. (10.) A Contract with 740 0 0
Ann Emmerson
for watering
(for the
season) the
Streets of, and
for the removal
of the Slop,
&c., from, that
portion of the
Parish North of
the King’s Road
(exclusive of
Kensal New
Town), for the
sum of

Expires March
1, 1862.
February 12. (12.) A Contract with 625 0 0
Charles Hornsby
for watering
(for the
season) the
Streets of, and
for the removal
of the Slop,
&c., from, that
portion of the
Parish South
of, and
including, the
King’s Road,
for the sum of

Expires 1st
March, 1862.
February 12. (12.) A Contract with
Ann Emmerson
for the supply
of Horses,
Carts, and
Drivers, as may
be required in
any part of the
Parish, at
fixed prices,
on demand.

Expires 1st
March, 1862.
February 12. (14.) A Contract or 26 10 0
Agreement with
Messrs.
Nicholls,
Brothers, for
Repairing, and
keeping in
Repair, the
Public Pumps,
for the sum of

Expires 1st
March, 1862.
February 26. (9.) A Contract with 90 0 0
Thomas Edmonds
for watering
the Roads of
Kensal New Town
(for the
season), and
for the removal
of Slop, &c.,
from the same
throughout the
year, for the
sum of

Expires 1st
March, 1862.

APPENDIX No. 41. BYE LAWS.

_The Vestry of the Parish of Chelsea_, _in the County of Middlesex_.

Part I.

_For Regulating the Business Proceedings at Vestry Meetings_.

1. Two clear days’ notice of every alternate Vestry Meeting (as hereinafter explained) shall be sent by the Vestry Clerk to each Vestryman, at his usual or last known place of abode; and such notice shall state the time and place of such meeting, and the business to be transacted, so far as the same is known, in its appointed order. Provided that whenever the period of adjournment renders two days’ notice impracticable, notice shall be sent as early as possible.

2. Meetings of the Vestry shall be held every TUESDAY at three o’clock in the afternoon. But the Vestrymen shall be summoned only for every alternate Tuesday for general business. The business to be done at the other meetings to be confined to the issuing of orders for promoting the construction of works under the 76th Section of the Act, 18th and 19th Vic., cap. 120; unless at any previous meeting a resolution be adopted to make the meeting special for the discussion of a particular subject.

3. Every Vestryman, before taking part in any business at a Vestry Meeting, shall sign his name in the Vestrymen’s Attendance Book, to be placed at the entrance for that purpose.

4. If at the end of half an hour from the time stated in the Notice convening the Meeting there should not be nine Vestrymen present, the meeting shall stand adjourned until the following Tuesday, and the Clerk shall give notice accordingly.

5. The Chairman shall be elected at the precise hour stated in the notice, or as soon as _Nine_ Vestrymen are present; and the first business at ordinary meetings of the Vestry shall be the reading, by the Clerk, of the minutes of the last Meeting, the Chairman shall move their confirmation, and if unopposed, such minutes shall be signed by the Chairman, by the Chairman of the Meeting at which the business recorded was done, and by one other Vestryman who was also present.

6. No motion or discussion shall be allowed upon the minutes, except as to their accuracy, and any objection on that ground must be made by motion, and no motion either for signing or non-signing the minutes shall be admissable.

7. The business shall be proceeded with, after the reading of the minutes, in the following order, viz.:—

(1.) Acts of the Committees to be submitted for the approval of the Vestry.

(2.) Surveyor’s Report.

(3.) The Medical Officer’s Report, at or near 12 o’clock, with the reading of the Complaints’ Book, and the Surveyor’s Return of Works executed relative thereto.

(4.) Applications from persons in attendance.

(5.) Adjourned Questions.

(6.) Motions of which notice has been given, in their order in the Notice Book.

(7.) Clerk’s Report.

8. The following shall be deemed motions of course, and may be moved without notice, viz.: Motions for appointing a Chairman; for the adjournment of any Vestry Meeting; for receiving, entering on Minutes, adopting and carrying out, or referring back, any Report; for reading or answering any correspondence or other documents; for hearing any applicant or evidence; for the precedence of any particular business; for appointing any Members of Committees; for the admission or removal of any person or persons (not being a Vestryman or Vestrymen) to or from the Vestry Hall; and all unopposed motions. Notice of all other motions must be given as hereinafter provided.

9. Every Notice of Motion shall be written in a book to be kept for the purpose, and called the “Notice of Motions Book,” by the Vestryman giving such notice, who shall sign his name, together with the date of his signature, which date shall be at least seven days before the time fixed for the next meeting; and no Notice of Motion shall be altered or withdrawn after such signature, without leave of the Board.

10. All Notices of Motion, duly entered in such Notice Book, shall be printed in the Notice of the next ordinary Vestry Meeting, in the order of their entry.

11. Any motion, of which notice has been given, shall be proposed by the Vestryman who has given the notice; but in case of absence he may depute to another Vestryman his right to move, or any other Vestryman may bring forward such motion, or move a negative thereto.

12. Every motion and amendment must be in writing, and must be seconded before it can be discussed or put to the vote.

13. One amendment only shall be allowed at the same time; but whenever an amendment is lost, a further amendment may be moved.

14. In speaking in Vestry, Vestrymen are to rise, and address the Chair.

15. Any Vestryman is entitled to take the Chairman’s decision on a point of order at any time.

16. If two or more Vestrymen rise to speak at the same time, the Chairman shall decide to whom the priority shall be given.

17. A Vestrymen is not to speak more than once on the same motion, amendment, or point of order, unless it be in explanation, or (by leave of the Chairman) in answer to observations of a personal character, or on a call from the Chairman; provided that the mover of a motion shall be entitled to reply, but shall not introduce new matter; and any Vestrymen having proposed or seconded a motion or amendment, shall be considered as having spoken thereon.

18. The Chairman shall enforce such of the Bye Laws as may be necessary for the preservation of order, and his decision upon all points of order shall be final.

19. All questions (except where voting by ballot is provided) shall be determined by show of hands, or division, if demanded.

20. When a division is demanded, the Chairman shall require the Vestrymen who are in favour of the affirmative of the question to go to the right of the Chair, and those in favour of the negative to the left; and shall appoint four Vestrymen as tellers—two from each side of the question.

21. Printed lists of the names of the Vestrymen, in alphabetical order, shall be provided for the tellers, two of whom (one from the “Noes” and one from the “Ayes”) shall tell from each side of the question, by marking off on such lists the names of the Vestrymen on such side, who are to pass between the tellers respectively for that purpose.

22. No Committee shall be appointed except by motion after due notice; and whenever the Vestry shall have resolved to appoint a Committee the names of the Members of such Committee shall be proposed by the mover of the Committee; provided that any other Vestrymen may thereupon move the addition, omission, or substitution of any Vestryman or Vestrymen as a member or members of such Committee.

23. The election of all paid officers shall be by ballot; and no candidate shall be eligible for election unless he shall have been proposed and seconded by Members of the Vestry; nor shall there be more than one ballot for the same office.

24. Such ballot shall be by means of folding Balloting Papers, containing the name or (if there be more than one appointment of the same description) names of the candidate or candidates voted for, which papers shall be handed, by the Vestrymen voting, to the Chairman, or to some person deputed by him, and deposited in a balloting box by the Chairman, or such person who shall count the balloting papers, and state to the Board the number of them.

25. Any member of the Vestry objecting to a motion of which notice has not been given, or to the immediate consideration of a report brought up by a Committee, may require the same to be placed on the paper for discussion at the next meeting, unless the Vestry Clerk or Surveyor shall state that the subject is urgent, in which case the Board shall determine, by a show of hands, whether the same shall be immediately considered.

26. The public are to have access to all books and minutes of the Vestry, between the hours of 2 and 4 daily; and as soon as adequate accommodation can be provided, the meetings of the Vestry shall be open to the ratepayers of the Parish; and it shall be lawful for all members of the Vestry to attend the Meetings of Committees, but not to take part in their proceedings.

27. Special Meetings for revoking and altering resolutions and acts of the Vestry, as required by the 57th Section, are to be convened on a requisition to the Clerk, signed by seven members of the Vestry; but no such Meeting shall be held unless seven day’s notice thereof shall be given, by notice given to, or sent by post to, or delivered at, the usual place of abode of each Vestryman, which notice shall state the time and place of meeting, and shall specify the object thereof; and no business shall be transacted at any Special Meeting, except such as is stated in the notice thereof.

28. In the event of any urgent business requiring in the opinion of the Clerk an earlier meeting of the Vestry than would take place under the above (27th) Bye-Law, it shall be his duty to call such meeting, giving three day’s notice; or if he shall receive a written requisition, signed by five members, stating the object for which they wish such meeting to be convened, it shall be equally his duty to call such meeting, at three day’s notice, out of the usual course, but no subject shall be discussed at such meeting, except the one stated in the requisition.

By Order,
CHARLES LAHEE,
Vestry Clerk.

Vestry Hall, King’s Road.

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C. & F. Bell, Machine Printers, King’s-road, Chelsea.

Footnotes

{8} Commentary on the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860, by Samuel Hughes, F.G.S., civil engineer.

{9} Many of the companies have two or three manufacturing stations or distinct sites at which gas is made, and the wording of the clause will probably require a testing apparatus to be erected within 1000 yards of each separate work or manufacturing station.

{11} This title would appear be a misnomer; it is the “Sale of Gas Act, 1859,” that is amended.

{20} The articles referred to are re-printed in the Appendix No. 20 (page 104.)

{21} See “Third Report of the Vestry of Chelsea,” page 67. The “Charity Report” referred to in the text is simply an extract from a book kept by the late Mr. churchwarden Fielder, and printed by order of the vestry.

{23a} “Over against Battersea Church.”—“Old Record,” 1617.

{23b} Faulkner’s “History of Chelsea,” ed. 1829, vol. 1, p. 74.

{25} This Bill was prepared and brought in by Sir George Lewis, Viscount Palmerston, and Lord John Russell.

{36} In the printed report Appendix 2, giving Vestry attendance etc. is a very large, fold out table. In order to fit it better to a computer, I’ve split it into two. Note that of the meetings, those listed to the right _Food Analysis_ are described as sub-committees.—DP.

{37} Appointed by the Magistrates.

{116a} Report of Parish Surveyor to Vestry.

{116b} Parliamentary Return, No. 63.—page 98. 1858.

{116c} Order of Quarter Sessions, January, 1861, allowing County Treasurer’s Account.

{116d} Mr. Laing’s Return, 1860.

{116e} Reports of Vestry: See Reports of Medical Officers.

{116f} Parliamentary Return, No. 63—page 98. 1858.

{123} The exception referred to is included in the above sum of £5593 5s. 4d., and is an item of £21 14s. 9d., which, being for a balance of a dinner account, is disallowed.