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St James's 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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the book containing the daily record at the Stoneyard, and
to be certified by the Surveyor and the foreman as a true
statement of the time made and the amounts earned by the
several men named therein.
4.—The Clerk at the Stoneyard shall, on each
Saturday Morning, copy the time sheet into the weekly
wages books, and shall afterwards take to the Vestry Clerk,
at the Vestry Hall, the certified time sheet, and receive the
exact amount named therein, for the purpose of paying the
men.
5.—Daring the payment of wages the foreman shall
remain outside the office and call out from their pocket
books the names of and amount to be received by 'each of
the men under their charge ; the wages books to be used
by the Clerk at the Stoneyard, and the time sheet by the
Inspector, to enable him to properly check the amounts paid.
The Clerk at the Stoneyard and the Inspector of Nuisances
shall certify in the wages books each week that the wages
have been paid to the several men entitled to the same.
6.—The wages books to be forwarded to the Accountant
at the Vestry Hall immediately after the payment of wages
to be compared with the time sheets, the latter to be
preserved at the Vestry Hall for twelve months at least.
7.—No payment for stone dressing or similar purposes
shall be made without a detailed account being rendered for
the same, and certified by the Surveyor after examination.
8.—Brooms in the Eoad Sweeping Machine to be
changed by the men in the course of their ordinary daily
work without extra payment.
9.—All measurements of work, requirements of material,
and other entries, involving an outlay of money, to be made
on printed forms or in books provided for the purpose.
19th October.—That it be referred to the Finance Committee to
periodically examine the accounts of wages paid for disinfecting
rooms and clothing (V. 13/273).
31st October.—That the principle of amalgamating all the rates in
one set of books be adopted (F. 5/223).
31st October.—That in future the Collectors be furnished with a
collecting book in lieu of a complete copy of the rate book as at
present (F. 5/223).
16th November.—That the Stoneyard Clerk be required to give
security to the amount of £100 through an approved Guarantee
Society, and that the Vestry do pay the annual premium
(V. 13/292).