Metropolis Management Act 1855

VIII The full Number of Vestrymen to be chosen at First Election, and existing Vestries superseded.

At the First such Election of Vestrymen as aforesaid for any Parish the full Number of Elective Vestrymen of which such Vestry is to consist as herein-before mentioned shall be elected, and such Vestrymen, with such other Persons as herein-before mentioned, shall forthwith be deemed to constitute the Vestry of such Parish, and shall supersede any existing Vestry therein, and exercise the Powers and Privileges held by such existing Vestry, save as in this Act otherwise provided; and the Authority of such Vestry may be pleaded before any Justice or Justices of the Peace or in any Court of Law in regard to all Parochial Property or Monies due, or Holdings or Contracts, or other Documents of the like Nature, under the Control or in the Keeping of such existing Vestry; and all Parish Officers or Boards shall account to them in like Manner as they are by Law liable to account to such existing Vestry.