The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-03 00:00:00

THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.

REPORT OF THE CORPORATION TO THE CORPORATION
INQUIRY COMMISSIONERS.

The following report,. which was agreed to by the
Court of Common Council, with suggestions for the con-
sideration of the Court, with the view of submitting them
to the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state
of the corporation, was on Monday handed in to the
commissioners in Abingdon street.

"To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Common Councilmen of the city of London, in Corn-
mon Council assembled.

" We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your com-
mittee of the whole Court of Common Council, to whom,
on 9th day of February, it was referred to take the neces-
sary steps for carrying into effect the resolution of this
honourable court in preparing and submitting for the con-
sideration of the commissioners suggestions for the amend-
ment of the constitution of the corporation, and to report
such suggestions for the approval of this court, do certify
that we met on several days, and from time to time, to
consider as well the provisions of the bill laid before Par-
liament in 1852, as also resolutions of the reform committee
embodied in their report of June last, and likewise sundry
suggestions by members of this court ; and having fully
deliberated upon the same, we report to this court the fol-
lowing suggestions to be recommended to her Majesty's
commissioners as consented to by this court.
" 1. That the Election Acts 9f 11 Geo. 1., cap. 18 (ex-
cept the 17th and 18th sections), and the 2 and 13 Vic.,
cap. 94, be repealed.
2. That every male person of full ago, and not subject
to any legal incapacity, who shall have occupied within
the city of London, or the liberties thereof, for a period of
a year and a day next previous to the Ist day of September
in any year, either solely or jointly with any other person
or persons, any house, warehouse, counting-house, office,
chambers for business, or shop, and shall in the case of a
sole occupation be rated to the police rate, in respect of
such premises, in his own name, in or to an amount of not
less than ten pounds per annum, or in the case of a joint
occupation be rated in the several names of the occupiers
on or to an amount which when divided by the number of
occupiers shall give a sum of not less than 10/, per annum
for each and every such occupier, shall, whilst continuing
to occupy the same, be entitled to vote in any elec;,ion for
alderman or common councilman, or ward officer of the
ward in which such premises shall be situate, witi. provi-
sions as to the nature of the premises, the title t.) them,
and the preparation of the lists of voters.
"3. That every person entitled to vote as aforesaid, and
who shall not have declared himself or have been declared
to be bankrupt or insolvent, and shall not have taken or
applied to take the benefit of any act for the relief of in-
solvent debtors, and shah not have made any composition
with his creditors, shall be capable of being elected a com-
mon councilman for the ward in which the premises occu-
pied by him are situated ; or an alderman for any ward,
or a sheriff of the city of London, any law, ctstom, or
usage to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always
that if any person who may have declared himself or been
declared to be bankrupt or insolvent, or may hove taken
or applied to talc° the h--,eft of any let for the relief of
insolvent debtors, or rn y have made any composi,ion with
his creditors, shall afterwards pay all his debts in full,
such person shall be capable of being elected an alderman
or a flora, or a common councilman, in the same planner