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St Giles (Camberwell) 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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with the Chairman of the Vestry, and the Three Churchwardens
for the time being, who shall have the duty of
inquiring into all questions of Sewer, Drainage, Improvements,
Buildings and of Health, and shall from time to time report
to the Vestry.
17.—That a Committee consisting of a like number of members
from the respective Wards be also appointed as in the
preceding Bye-Law, with the Chairman of the Vestry and the
Three Churchwardens, who shall inquire into all questions
of Paving, Lighting, Scavengering, Watering, and General
Purposes, and shall from time to time report to the Vestry.
18.—That a Committee be appointed to consist of twelve
members, two from each Ward, who shall inquire into all
questions of Finance, and from time to time report to the
Vestry.
19.—That the Overseers of this Parish, who are members of
this Vestry, be ex-officio members of the various Committees.
20.—That all bills of contractors and tradesmen shall be
certified by the Surveyor, who shall be held responsible for
the correctness of the measurement and charges therein, and
when so certified, the same shall be signed by the Chairman
and two Members of the respective Committees, from which
the order has emanated, and shall then be laid before the
Finance Committee, who shall report upon them to the Vestry
before they are paid.
21.—That six members of this Vestry be selected, one from
each Ward, for the purpose of signing cheques, and that
every cheque shall be signed by the Chairman for the time