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Finance Committee.
40. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To regulate and control the finances of the Council in
accordance with the provisions contained in Section 8 (3) of the
London Government Act, 1899;
(b) To prepare and submit to the Council estimates of
income and expenditure, and to recommend from time to time the
sums required to be raised by rate to meet the expenditure of the
Council and the precepts of other authorities;
(c) To superintend the keeping of the accounts, and the
preparation of such abstracts and balance sheets as may be
required, and to provide for an annual stocktaking and audit of
stores account;
(d) To examine and certify all bills, accounts and claims
before, they are presented to the Council for payment.
Cartage, Cemetery and Town Hall Committee.
41. The duties of this Committee shall be as follow:—
(a) To superintend the cleansing and watering of the roads
and footpaths;
(b) To superintend the removal of dust refuse and rubbish,
and to arrange for the disposal of the same;
(c) To manage the depots, wharves, stables, workshops,
horses, carts, and plant of the department;
(d) To manage and supervise the Cemetery of the borough,
and the land and premises attached thereto;
(e) To control all persons employed in connection with the
Committee's Department, and appoint and dismiss all weekly
servants connected therewith;
(/) To manage and supervise the Town Hall and offices, and
to consider and determine all applications for the hiring of the
Town Hall, subject to the approval of the Council;
(g) To order the execution of any works without the
previous sanction of the Council, provided that the estimated cost
does not exceed £10;
(h) To examine and certify all accounts relating to works
under its control, and submit the same to the Finance Committee.