Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Clerk, and the nomination of candidates to fill up the vacancy
shall take place at such meeting, and the voting for the nominees
at the next ensuing ordinary or special meeting of the
Vestry, such voting to be by show of hands, or poll if demanded,
as prescribed by Bye-law regulating the election of Standing
Committees.
21.
WORKS DEPARTMENT.
A. All money paid into the hands of the Surveyor or of
the Accountant, shall be deposited in the Bank appointed by
the Vestry from time to time, and credited ,to an account to be
opened in the names of the Vestry Clerk, the Surveyor, and
the Accountant. As soon as the sum in the hands of the
Surveyor or the Accountant amounts to £20, it shall be forthwith
paid in. All sums drawn out of such account shall be
drawn upon the joint signatures of the Vestry Clerk, the
Surveyor, and the Accountant.
B. All matters connected with the paving of streets under
the Metropolis Local Management Acts, and the duties relating
thereto, shall be performed by the Works Department.
C. The list of duties for the government of the Surveyor's
office shall be entered in a book and signed by the respective
officers, and such signatures shall be evidence of the knowledge
by the officers of their duties, aud the said book shall be laid
on the table at all ordinary Vestry meetings and all meetings
of the Works Committee.
D. All cheques drawn for weekly wages shall be drawn to
the order of the Accountant or "Checking Clerk."
22.
FINANCE.
A. The Vestry Clerk shall lay before the Vestry at the
first ordinary meeting in each month, a statement shewing the
Treasurer's account and the financial condition of the Parish,
and the said statement shall be sent to each member with the
agenda for that meeting.