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St Mary (Islington) 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St. Mary ]

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The first three Committees shall each consist of not more than
twenty, the Works Committee of not more than sixty, and the Excuse
Committee of not more than forty Vestrymen.
Three members shall form a quorum except in the case of the
Works Committee of which the quorum shall be tive.
Every Vestryman shall be on one of the first four above-named
Committees, and so far as possible each Ward shall be represented on
each of the permanent Committees.
The duties of the Committees shall include those named in the
Schedule hereto.
5.—Any Vestryman may attend the meetings of any permanent
Committee and may bring under its notice any matter which he may
consider pertinent but he shall not be at liberty to interfere in the
business of such Committee.
6.— When the Vestry shall have determined upon the appointment
of a special Committee, the nomination of Vestrymen to constitute such
Committee shall, whenever possible, be deferred to the next ordinary
meeting of the Vestry, when such nomination shall have precedence
over all other business on the Agenda.
The mover of the resolution proposing the appointment of the
Committee shall at such next ordinary meeting nominate the persons to
constitute such Committee: any Vestryman may then nominate other
person or persons; and if the number of persons nominated shall
exceed the number to be elected, the appointment shall be conducted
in accordance with By-Law 31.
7.— The acts of all Committees of the Vestry shall be formally
submitted to the Vestry for approval in manner as follows:—
(«) The minutes of all meetings held not less than seven days before
each ordinary meeting of the Vestry shall be open to the inspection
of Vestrymen during the clay on which such meeting is appointed to
be held : such minutes shall also be placed on the table at the
meeting, and shall be taken as read.
(I) At the time appointed in By-Law 14, the Chairman shall put the
question in relation to each Committee in turn, "That the acts of
the Committee, as recorded in their minutes now submitted
to the Vestry, save such as are the subject of a report to the Vestry,
be approved."
(c) ffo discussion shall be allowed on this question, but if any Vestryman
shall before the commencement of business have given notice of
motion with regard to any particular act or acts, the said act or
acts shall be excepted from approval until such notice of motion
shall have been disposed of.