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St Giles (Camberwell) 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]

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certified and approved by the respective Committees
from which the order emanated, the same shall be signed
by the Chairman and two Members thereof, and shall then
be laid before the Finance Committee, who shall report
upon them to the Vestry before they are paid.
22.—Six Members of the Vestry shall be appointed
for the purpose of signing cheques, and every
cheque shall be signed by the Chairman for the time being,
and two of such Members, and counter-signed by the
Vestry Clerk; and shall be so signed and sealed in the
presence of the Vestry.
23.—The Vestry Clerk, Surveyor, Assistant Overseer,
and Accountant shall severally be responsible for the safe
custody of all books, papers, and documents belonging
to the Vestry in their respective departments, together
with all moneys and securities for money committed to
their care respectively.
24.—No Book, Plan, or Document, shall be allowed
to be taken from the Offices of the Vestry, except in the
custody of one of the Officers.
25.—All Contracts and Bonds shall be prepared by
the Vestry Clerk, free of charge to the Contractors,
Collectors, Officers, or their sureties, the cost of the stamps
to be borne by the Vestry.
26.—All works amounting to the estimated cost of
Fifty Pounds and upwards shall be competed for by open
Tender, unless otherwise ordered by the Vestry.