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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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Appendix No. 9.] 175
CLERK OF THE WORKS' DUTIES.—FARM
STREET.
1.—The hours of attendance of the Clerk of the Works
shall be from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. (one hour for dinner).
2.—To make arrangements for the Masons, Paviors, and
Bricklayers, over night, to repair gas and water trenches,
and for the repairing of footways, crossings, channels, gullies,
Builders' Licenses, &c., in the In-Wards.
3.—To superintend road repairs, and arrange for the
working of the Steam Roller, and the laying of granite and
hogging, and for watching, where necessary, in the In-Wards.
4.—To superintend watering, cleansing, and slopping
throughout the In-Wards.
5.—To keep appointments with Builders as to hoards,
and to arrange for amount of deposit, under License for
same, in the In-Wards.
6.—To attend Sub-Committees when required.
7.—To pay the men, Saturdays, from 1 to 4 o'clock, and
to render account of same to Vestry Clerk.
8.—To attend to and keep a record of the Correspondence
in his Department.
9.—To make plans, &c., required for alterations and
improvements where necessary, to be submitted to Committees.
10.—To assist the Surveyor generally, in and out of the
office, and to obey all instructions of the Surveyor, and to
personally see all works he may order efficiently carried
out, and to report generally to the Surveyor upon any
matter or thing that may come, or be brought under his
notice, whereby the business of the Vestry is insufficiently,
or improperly, carried on, or its orders evaded.
July 1878.