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Lambeth 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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26. That the Clerk to the Vestry shall, at the first meeting
of the Vestry after Easter and Michaelmas Days in each year,
present a statement in writing, of all matters of business then
pending, or being carried on by him, the state or stage thereof,
and the amount of any sums which shall have been paid, or
advanced on account thereof, and the date of every such payment.
He shall also at the same time report all matters of business
which shall have terminated since his last report, with the result
thereof, and the amount of the expenses which have been incurred
in the same.
27. That at the first Vestry Meeting after the Annual Election
of Vestrymen, the Clerk of the Vestry shall lay before the Vestry
an account of all references to Committees, then pending, and
not concluded; with the name or title of the Committee to which
the reference is made, and the date of the reference.
28. That when security is required of any Officer appointed,
or Contractor, employed by the Vestry, no Member of the Vestry
shall be permitted to become such security.
29. That the security to be given by each Officer appointed to
any place of emolument under the Vestry, who shall be permitted
to give the policy of a Guarantee Society, instead of finding
personal sureties shall be accepted, upon condition that the payment
of his annual premium for the ensuing year shall be made
before the current year of the policy has expired; and such
Officer shall, seven days before the expiration of the current
year, deliver at the office of the Clerk to the Vestry the receipts
for the payment of such premium for the ensuing year.
30. That the Clerk of the Vestry for the time being shall see
that the several orders of the Vestry, requiring periodical returns
to be made, are strictly complied with by each Officer; and that
any neglect thereof be reported to the Vestry.
31. That the books of the Vestry shall be open for the
inspection of Ratepayers, under the provisions of the Metropolis