Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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STANDING ORDERS AND BYE-LAWS
FOR REGULATING
THE BUSINESS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE VESTRY,
AND FOR CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE PURPOSES OF THE ACTS
FOR THE BETTER LOCAL MANAGEMENT OF THE METROPOLIS.
Standing Orders.
I.— The Vestry shall meet at Eleven o'clock precisely
the first and third Thursday in each month. At the
hour of Two o'clock the Chairman shall quit the Chair,
without any question being put, and thus close the proceedings
of the day.
Ordinary
Meetings.
II.— An Extraordinary Meeting of the Vestry may be
convened by the Vestry itself at one of its usual Meetings.
A Special Meeting of the Vestry may be called by the
Vestry Clerk upon the requisition of nine Vestrymen, specifying
in writing the business to be brought before or the
terms of any Motion to be proposed to such Special Meeting.
Three clear days' notice of such Special Meeting shall be
given to every Vestryman.— The Vestry may at any of its
Meetings, upon due notice being given, adjourn between
August 1st and October 31st, for a time not exceeding six
weeks.
Special &Extraordinary
Meetings &
Adjournment
of
Vestry.
III.— A copy of the Vestry Summons containing the
business of the day shall be posted outside the Board Room
in Mount Street and the Board Room at Pimlico Road,
and the Vestry Clerk shall forward a copy of the same to
each Member of the Vestry at least three days previous to
the Meeting.
Altered and
confirmed
6th and
20th August,
1874.
Notice of
Meetings.