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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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XIII.—Appointment of various Committees, Members
of Burial Board, and Commissioners of Baths and
Wash-houses.
That these Appointments be conducted as
heretofore, by show of hands, unless a Poll is
demanded.
XIV.—Officers' Securities:—
First. In future, all expenses of Bonds and Securities
given by Officers or Servants holding situations
under the control of the Vestry, or its Committees,
shall be borne and paid by the individual elected
(except in special cases where ordered otherwise), and
all such Bonds and Securities shall be prepared by the
Parish Solicitors.
Second. The Securities given by the Officers and
Servants, whether now in office or hereafter to be
appointed on behalf of this Parish, shall be examined
every year, in the month of April, by the Parish Solicitors;
and, in the event of their not being in a satisfactory
state, the parties whose Securities are insufficient
shall be called upon to give fresh Securities; and the
Solicitors shall report what they have done therein, in
writing, to the Vestry.
Third. Any Officer or Servant, having given
security, shall be bound to give notice of any want or
insufficiency which shall come to his knowledge in
reference to his sureties.
XV.—That the Parish do not undertake the care of
any Footway, Roadway, Mews, or Sewer, until the Surveyor
of the Vestry has certified that the same has been properly
constructed, and his certificate has met with the approval of
the Vestry.
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