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representatives of the Vestry at the Metropolitan
Board of Works, and the respective Chairmen of the
preceding Committees, shall be ex-officio Members
of each Committee.
21. All bills of contractors or tradesmen in the
department of the Surveyor shall be certified by
him, and he shall be held responsible for the correctness
of the measurement and charges therein; and
all other bills shall be certified by the Accountant,
and when so 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
countersigned 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