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Duties of Committees.
Baths and Washhouses Committee.
38. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To carry into execution, subject to the control of the
Council, the Public Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846 to 1882,
and any Acts amending the same ;
(b) To manage and supervise the public baths and washhouses
in the borough;
(c) To make rules and regulations for the conduct and
management of the public baths and washhouses;
(d) To order the execution of works or the purchase of
materials, without the previous sanction of the Council, provided
that the estimated cost does not exceed £10;
(e) To examine and certify accounts relating to the public
baths and washhouses, and to refer the same to the Finance
Committee;
(f) To furnish the Finance Committee, in connection with
the preparation of the estimates, with the necessary statement of
moneys required for the purposes of the Committee;
(g) To report to the Council as often as may be necessary
upon matters connected with the duties of the Committee.
Electricity and Lighting Committee.
39. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To manage and supervise the electricity supply station,
and the works, machinery and mains connected therewith;
(b) To control all persons employed in connection with the
supply of electricity, and appoint and dismiss all weekly servants
connected therewith;
(c) To take the entire management and supervision of the
gas lighting, and of the erection, maintenance and painting of the
lamp posts and lanterns;
(d) To order materials and execute works and repairs to the
extent of £50, or as may be authorised by any estimate adopted
by the Council for maintaining and carrying on the works under
its control;
(e) To examine and certify all accounts relating to works
under its control, and to submit the same to the Finance
Committee.