Catalogue description Folio 188. To: The Home Secretary. From: Sam Hale, 3 Alma Place, Eastbourne [Sussex]. ...

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Details of MH 13/67/64
Reference: MH 13/67/64
Description:

Folio 188.

To: The Home Secretary.

From: Sam Hale, 3 Alma Place, Eastbourne [Sussex].

Letter enquiring as to what proportion of votes is required to carry the proposition to adopt the Local Government Act 1858. Hale explains that a large majority in Eastbourne rejected the measure in Vestry, but that a poll was demanded - 'the opponents think it never was intended by a bare or small majority of votes to saddle a parish with so important a measure'.

Date: 1858 Nov 12
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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