Vestry effect what would today usually be called a parochial church council, but was also responsible for all the secular parish business now dealt with by civil bodies, such as parish councils. Eventually, the vestry assumed a variety of tasks. It became responsible for appointing parish officials, such as the parish clerk, overseers of the poor, sextons and scavengers, constables and nightwatchmen. At the high point of their powers, just prior to removal of Poor Law responsibilities in 1834, the vestries spent not far short of one-fifth of the budget of the national government itself. More than 15,600 ecclesiastical parish vestries
Sort Of "Just a Conversation"): The same master was also issued in Japan with an additional 3" CD single: Sort Of Sort Of is the debut studio album by the avant-rock band Slapp Happy. It was recorded in Wümme, Germany in May and June 1972 with Faust as their backing band, and released on LP by Polydor Records in 1972. In 1980 Recommended Records released a limited edition of "Sort Of" on LP, and the album was reissued on CD by Blueprint Records in 1999 with one bonus track. All titles written by Peter Blegvad and Anthony Moore. "Sort Of" was released