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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Special Meeting. The Clerk shall upon receipt of such
requisition give notice in writing to each Trustee of the
time, place, and object of such meeting. No business
shall be transacted thereat other than that which shall
be specified in the notice.
Quorum at
Meetings.
At any meeting ot the Trustees any five ot them
shall form a quorum; so soon after the time fixed for
the holding of any meeting as a sufficient number of
Trustees shall be in attendance to form a quorum, they
shall proceed to elect a Chairman from amongst those
present. In the event of an equality of votes on such
election, the question shall be decided between the
persons proposed by lot.
The acts and proceedings of a majority of the
Trustees present at any meeting duly constituted shall
be binding on the whole body of the Trustees, but the
Trustees, or the majority of them present at any subsequent
meeting duly constituted shall have power to
vary or rescind any resolution or direction which may
have been come to or given at any previous meeting,
provided due notice shall have been given of the
intention to move to vary or rescind any such resolution
or direction.
The Chairman shall, in the event of an equality of
votes, have in addition to his original vote a second
or casting vote.
Adjournment
of
Meetings.
13. It at any time there shall not, after the space
ot halt an hour from the time appointed for holding
any meeting, be a sufficient number of Trustees in
attendance to form a quorum, or the business of any
meeting shall remain undisposed of, the Trustees, or
any one or more of them present, or if no Trustee be in
attendance, then the Clerk may adjourn the same until
some subsequent day.
Appointment
of
Committee.
14. The Trustees shall, at the first meeting, appoint
a Committee, to be called the Order Committee, and
such Committee shall consist of five persons, one