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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 Overseers,
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.
27. The Offices of the Vestry Clerk, Surveyor,
Assistant Overseer, and Accountant, shall be open daily,
from Nine o'clock until Five, except on Saturday, when
the offices may be closed at Two o'clock.
28. The Common Seal of the Vestry shall be kept in
the custody of the Vestry Clerk, and shall not be affixed
to any document whatever, except by order of the Vestry.
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