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Application of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers for a Supplemental Charter

The Court of Aldermen considered recommendations of its General Purposes Committee on an application of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers on its draft Supplemental Charter.

Resolved: - That the Court of Aldermen approve the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ draft Supplemental Charter.

Petition of the Company of Communicators for Company with Livery Status

The Court of Aldermen considered recommendations of its General Purposes Committee on a petition of the Company of Communicators to be constituted as a Livery Company of the City of London.

Resolved unanimously: - That the Court of Aldermen:

(i)             Grant the petition of the Company of Communicators to be constituted a Livery Company of the City of London, with the following conditions:

·       That the number of the Livery should not exceed 250;

·       That the fine for admission to the Livery should not be less than £400; and

·       That no person shall be admitted to the Livery of the Company unless he or she first produces his or her copy of the freedom of the City of London.

(ii)            Given that the Company’s proposed Constitution and Ordinances conform to the law and custom of the City, the Company of Communicators be then constituted a Livery Company of the City with the title “The Worshipful Company of Communicators”, that the formal grant be embodied in Letters Patent under the Mayoralty Seal and that the proposed Constitution and Ordinances be approved and enrolled among the records of the Court of Aldermen as the 113th Livery Company of the City.