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Ibid.—Section 41 of the Metropolis Local Management Act,
which requires a Chairman to be elected at each
meeting of a District Board of Works, is to apply only
in the absence of the annually elected Chairman.
Ibid.—The provisions of the Act with respect to Chairmen
of Urban District Councils being Justices are to apply
to a District Board of Works; i.e.—
Sect. 22.—Unless a woman or personally disqualified by
any Act, the Chairman will, by virtue of his office, be
a Justice of the Peace for the county of London,
subject to his taking the necessary oaths: that is to
say, the oath of allegiance and the Judicial oath
prescribed by the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868, 31 and
32 Vict., c. 72, s. 6. The oath referring to qualification
by estate is not required to be taken.
Sect. 46 (1).—The Act provides that "A person shall be
disqualified for being elected or being a Member or
Chairman of a Council of a Parish or of a District
other than a Borough or of a Board of Guardians "
if he is:—
(a) An infant or an alien.
(b) Has within 12 months before his election received
parochial relief.
(4). (c) Has within 5 years been convicted of crime, or has
been adjudged bankrupt, or made a composition or
arrangement with his creditors. (Such disqualification
to cease when the adjudication is annulled
or the bankrupt obtains his discharge with a
certificate that his bankruptcy was caused by
misfortune, without misconduct on his part, and
in case of composition or arrangement on payment
of his debts in full.)
(d) Holds any paid office under the Parish or District
Council.
(e) Is concerned in any bargain or contract entered into
with the Council or Board, or participates in the
profit of any such bargain or contract or any work
done under the authority of the Council or Board.