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41.—All expenses incurred by officers in the execution of their
duties, shall, when sanctioned by the Vestry Clerk, be paid by the
Accountant out of petty cash; and all costs awarded to officers at
Police-courts shall be paid by them to the Accountant, and be carried
to the credit of the General Rate.
42. -All accounts shall be examined and certified by the head of
the department to which they relate; and then by the Committee
having charge of such department, and shall be signed by the Chairman
thereof, and referred by the Vestry to the Finance Committee for
payment.
All moneys received shall be paid into the hands of the Bankers,
and all payments shall be made by cheques, payable to order, signed
by three members of the Finance Committee and countersigned by the
A'estry Clerk.
43.—The offices of the Vestry shall be open on each week day,
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., except on Saturdays when they shall be closed
at 2 p.m.
The offices shall not be open on Bank Holidays.
44.--A book shall be kept in the office for the entry of complaints,
and each morning the proper officers shall refer to such book
in order that such complaints may receive immediate attention.
45.— The minute books of the Vestry, and other books kept in
accordance with the 60th Section of the Metropolis Local Management
Act, shall be open to the inspection of ratepayers and creditors, who
shall be at liberty to take copies of the same or extracts therefrom
without charge, daily (except on Saturdays and Bank Holidays)
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
46.—The Seal of the Vestry shall be kept by the Vestry Clerk, and
no document shall be sealed except by order of the Vestry.
47.-—The Vestry shall consider the Estimates for and shall make
the Rates half-yearly, viz., on the first Friday in February and on the
first Friday in August; and such business shall take precedence of all
other matters on the Agenda.
43.—All works and materials estimated to cost one hundred pounds
and upwards shall be competed for by open tender unless otherwise
ordered by the Vestry.
49.—The tenders for all annual contracts shall be considered by
the respective Committees charged with the superintendence of the
work, who shall report to the Vestry at an extraordinary meeting to be
convened for that purpose, at 8 p.m. on the fourth Friday in February.
The contracts shall take effect from the 25th of March following.
50.—No person shall be eligible for any paid office or appointment
under the Vestry who is a Vestryman, or who has been a Vestryman
within six months next before the election to such office or appointment.
51.—The Vestry Hall having been erected solely for conducting
Vestry business shall not be used for any other purpose.