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21. All Bills of Contractors or Tradesman 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 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.
2 i. 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
bv the Vestrv.
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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.