Birmingham to send Paupers to the Local Workhouse: Mr. S. Issett (vice-chairman) presided at last evening’s meeting of the Solihull Board of Guardians. The Clerk, Mr. F. L. Thompson, presented a report from the Greater Birmingham committee as to the negotiations between the Board and the Birmingham Boundaries committee respecting the fate of the Solihull workhouse … … The Clerk said that on March 3 a committee consisting of Messrs., Gladstone, Silk, and Letts met Mr. Pinsent (the Board’s solicitor) and the latter submitted for their consideration a draft clause proposed to be included in the Birmingham Bill and settled between himself and the Town Clerk and amended by the counsel on behalf of Birmingham. The committee carefully considered the clause and eventually approved it. … …
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