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a EADINO D IH ECTO ar— 1919.

LORD L IE U T E N A N T OF BE RK SH IR E.
James Herbert Benyon esq. 35 Pont street, London s w & Englefleld house
Englefield, Reading

MEMBER OF P A R L IA M E N T FOR TH E BOROUGH
OF READ ING .
Wilson Col. Leslie Orme c . m . g ., d . s . o . Tithe Barn, Wokingham, Berks; &
Carlton & United Service clubs s w & Bath club w, London
RETtmNiso O f f ic e r — The Mayor.

MEMBERS OF P A R L IA M E N T FOR TH E CO UN TY
OF BERKS. ,
A B IN G D O N D IV IS IO N .
W igan Brig.-Gen. John Tyson

c .m .g ., d .s . o.

IngatestOBe Court, Essex

N E W B U R Y D IV IS IO N .
Mount W illiam .Arthur esq. Carlton & Oxford & Cambridge University
clubs s w ; & Wasing place, near Reading
W IN D SO R D IV IS IO N .
Gardner Ernest esq. j.p. Spencers, Maidenhead, Berks

BERKS COUNTY COUNCIL.
Local Government Act, 1888, 51 & 52 Viet. c. 41.
Under the above Act, Berkshire, except a certain borough, see below (a),
after the 1st April, 1889, for the purposes of the Act, became an adminis­
trative county (sec. 46), governed by a County Council, consisting of
chairman, aldermen and councillors (the number of councillors being
determined by the Local Government Board), to be elected in manner
prescribed by the Act (sec. 2).
The chairman, by virtue of his office, is a justice of the peace for the
county, without qualification (sec. 46).
The police of the county are now under the control of a standing joint com­
mittee of the Quarter Sessions and the County Council, appointed as
therein mentioned (sec. 9).
The coroners for the county are elected by the County Council, and the
clerk of the peace was appointed by Quarter Sessions before the passing
of the Local Government Act, 1888.
The clerk of the peace for the county is also clerk of the County Council
(sec. 83- 1).
1
Tho .-.dministrative business of the county (which would, if this Act had
nor.: con passed, have been transacted by the justices) is now transacted
by the unity Council,