Re-election proposed as Town Councillor

MUNICIPAL ELECTION, 1854.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of BURGESSES of St. GEORGE’s WARD, held at Mr. Green’s, the Stag’s Head Inn, Summer-lane,

ALDERMAN RATCLIFF IN THE CHAIR;

Proposed by Mr. Councillor HALE, and seconded by Mr. W. BALLARD, and

Resolved unanimously,

That the best Thanks of the Burgesses of this Ward be given to Mr. GEORGE LINGARD, for his attention to the duties of Town Councillor for the past nine years, and that he be now recommended for re-election; and this Meeting pledges itself to support him.

JOHN RATCLIFF, Alderman.

Mr. Alderman Ratcliff having left the Chair, and the same having been taken by Mr. Councillor HALE, it was

Proposed by Mr. EDWARD A. LINGARD, and seconded by Mr. W. BRINSLEY, and

Resolved unanimously,

That the most cordial Thanks of this Meeting be given to Mr. Alderman Ratcliff, for his ready compliance to the wishes of the Burgesses in calling this Meeting.

Proposed by Mr. JOSEPH ALLDAY, and seconded by Mr. T. F. JONES,

That the best Thanks of this Meeting be presented to Mr. Alderman Ratcliff, for his able and impartial conduct in the Chair.

W. HALE.

October 29, 1854.

(Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 23rd October 1854)