Agreement with the London Borough of Newham
AN AGREEMENT made the
day of
Two thousand
BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF THE LONDON
BOROUGH OF NEWHAM (hereinafter called "the Council") of the one part and
JOHN BATH of 34 Chestnut Avenue Billericay Essex CM12 9JF PETER ALLEN
of 13 Churchgate Cheshunt Herts EN8 9NR and JEREMY DAGLEY of 82
Whitehall Gardens Chingford London E4 for and on behalf of THE ESSEX FIELD
CLUB c/o Department of Life Sciences University of East London Romford Road
London E15 4LZ (hereinafter called "the Club") of the other part
WHEREAS
1. By the 1956 Agreement the Club and the Corporation agreed to establish the
Governors and vested in them the Library and the General Collection and the
Museum Fund
2. By virtue of the London Government Act 1963 and Orders made thereunder the
Council are the successors to all the property rights and liabilities of the Corporation
3. The closure of the building in which the General Collection was formerly housed
has meant that the Governors are unable to care adequately for it and no other
registered museum has been able to offer the guarantees required by the Club as to
the maintenance and accessibility of the General Collection
4. The Council and the Club have therefore agreed that die Governors should be
dissolved and their assets and liabilities be distributed as hereinafter appears
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSETH and it is hereby agreed as follows:
1. In this Agreement the following words and phrases have the meanings
hereinafter assigned to them:
"the 1956 Agreement" an Agreement dated the 21 st day of May 1956 made
between me Corporation and the Club as amended by
subsequent Agreements dated the 10th day of February
1970 and the 25th day of July 1984;
"the Corporation" the Mayor Aldermen and Burgesses of me County
Borough of West Ham;
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