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decided by the votes of the majority of Vestrymen
present, and the Vestry may act notwithstanding any
vacancies therein. Metropolis Local Management
Act, 1855, Sect. 28.
Meeting to Elect a Chairman.
8 At every Meeting of the Vestry,
in the absence of the person authorized by
law or custom to take the chair, the Members
present shall elect a Chairman for the occasion before
proceeding to other business, and the Chairman, in
case of an equality of votes on any question, shall
have a second or casting vote. Metropolis Local
Management Act, 1855, Sect. 30.
ORDER OF BUSINESS AT THE MEETINGS
OF THE VESTRY.
9. The business of each Meeting shall be taken
in the following order, except that at every third regular
Vestry, Notices of Motion which have appeared on two
successive Agenda Papers take precedence of Committee
Reports:—
1st—The Minutes of the last Vestry.
The Minutes of the last Meeting or Meetings of the
Vestry shall be printed and circulated among the Members,
and if correct, a copy shall be signed and entered in the
Minute Book as required by the Statute, but no discussion
shall be allowed upon the Minutes, except as to their
accuracy, and any objection on that ground shall be
decided by the Members present.